The woman who decides what Hidilyn Diaz eats and drinks, enabling her to perform at an Olympic gold medal-winning level, is spreading the importance of proper nutrition – especially to kids who want to nurture their own sports dreams. Coach Jeaneth Aro (second from right) poses with Hidilyn Diaz,...
000_9H346T Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz will surely go down as one of the sports icons in Philippine history following her historic first gold medal for the Philippines in the Tokyo Olympics. The 30-year-old Diaz ruled the 55-kilogram women’s category in record setting fashion to win the...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz shows her Tokyo Olympics gold medal to MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) chairman Manny V. Pangilinan, former Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) chief Ricky Vargas and MVPSF president Al Panlilio during a virtual meeting last Thursday, July 29. As promised, the MVP...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz,third from left, with her 'HD TEam' of sports nutritionist Jeaneth Aro, sports psychologist Dr. Karen Trinidad, Chinese head coach Kaiwen Gao, and strength and conditioning mentor Julius Naranjo. (Photo from Hidilyn Diaz Instagram @hidilyndiaz) Three months before...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz trains with strength and conditioning coach Julius Naranjo in Malacca City, Malaysia in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Screenshot from a documentary “Let’s Go HD!” by Kick-Start Coffee Brewed Awakening) Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, second from right, with (from left) nutritionist Jeaneth Aro, strength and conditioning coach Julius Naranjo and Chinese mentor Kaiwen Gao of Team HD at the training camp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With them is Malaysia weightlifting team's Chinese coach Wang...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz hopes to duplicate her feat, if not surpass, in the Rio Olympics back in 2016 when she aims for a second straight podium finish in the Tokyo Olympics this year in Japan. For her to accomplish that, Diaz understands the importance of sports...