Japan's Naomi Osaka competes against Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women's singles third round tennis match at the Ariake Tennis Park in Tokyo on July 27, 2021. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) Japan's Naomi Osaka suffered a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Marketa...
Photo from AFP Judoka Kiyomi Watanabe absorbed a stunning defeat at the hands of Spain’s Cristina Cabana Perez to make a early exit the Tokyo Olympics Tuesday, July 27. The Spaniard beat the Fil-Japanese via ippon, 10-0, in just 38 seconds of their women’s -63kgs Round of 32 match. The world...
Senators on Tuesday, July 27 moved to commend Hidilyn Diaz and give her the highest honor for giving the Philippines it's first-ever gold medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. At least four resolutions filed by Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senate Minority Franklin Drilon, Senators Risa...
The Department of National Defense (DND) lauded weightlifter and military reservist Hidilyn Diaz for delivering the country's first Olympic gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Monday night, July 26. "The Department of National Defense joins the nation in congratulating weighlifting champion...
Yoko Ono and John Lennon from the John Lennon Official Facebook Account In case you missed it, music figured significantly in the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In particular, John Lennon’s “Imagine” was featured as the opening festivities of the 2020 Japan Olympics kicked into...
Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz was wearing another medal when she won the country’s first gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics. CBCP-ECMI The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People said Diaz was also wearing the Miraculous Medal of Our Lady....
Angel Locsin (left) and Filipino Olympian Hidilyn Diaz in 2016 Filipinos celebrated the historic win of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, who ended the 97-year drought for the Philippines in its quest for an Olympic gold medal. Diaz, 30, a native of Zamboanga City, ruled the 55-kilogram category in...
Gold medallist Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz stands on the podium for the victory ceremony of the women's 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on July 26, 2021. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP) Triumphant weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz...
Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon congratulated weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz who won for the Philippines its first ever gold medal at the Olympics. At the Tokyo Olympics on July 26, Diaz ruled the women’s 55-kg weightlifting category with a total lift of 224 kg, which set an Olympic record. She also set...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is mulling the idea of contracting a Swiss sculptor to do the statue of Tokyo Olympic 2020 weightlifting gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Locsin toyed on the idea as he praised...
USA's Simone Biles competes in the uneven bars event of the artistic gymnastics women's qualification during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on July 25, 2021. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP) Simone Biles and her USA teammates will aim to retain their women's...
Vice President Leni Robredo first met Hidilyn Diaz on her “Istorya ng Pag-asa” segment on her weekly radio show back in 2016. She hasn’t won the gold medal yet but was already determined to bring glory to a nation starving for it. Gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines holds her medal...
