ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Hidylin Diaz’s epic gold medal-winning feat at the Tokyo Olympics has unleashed a torrent of jubilation that is now playing out on the high-definition public screen of digital media. Here's a snapshot from a friend’s Viber post: “Did you ever think you’d see a Filipino...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Or, if you prefer, 224 kg. Hidilyn Diaz is worth her weight in gold. Although she weighs a mere 54.9 kg or 121 lb, she lifted 127 kg – more than twice her own weight -- to win the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medal in nearly a century. Cheers! Mabuhay! Does her...
MB/Ali Vicoy President Rodrigo Duterte led the nation in congratulating the country’s first Olympic gold medal winner Hidilyn Diaz following her arrival in Manila Wednesday night, July 29 from Tokyo, Japan. Duterte met with Diaz – gold medalist in the 55-kilogram category of women’s...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Wednesday night clarified that a congratulatory poster for Hidilyn Diaz now circulating online, wherein her photo appears larger than the Olympic gold medalist's, did not come from her nor the local government. Belmonte said the poster was done by "malicious...
Hidilyn Diaz trains with “HD Team” Chinese coach Kaiwen Gao in Malaysia in preparation for this year’s Tokyo Olympics. (Screengrab from Diaz documentary “Let’s Go HD!” by Kick-Start Coffee Brewed Awakening) TOKYO — It will be a soul-searching week for Tokyo Olympiad gold medalist...
President Duterte pledged to give Filipino Olympic Gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz P3 million and a fully furnished house in her hometown of Zamboanga City for giving the country pride at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this week. President Duterte's virtual courtesy call with Filipino Olympic Gold medalist...
Hidilyn Diaz (MB/Ali Vicoy) An Olympic gold has finally reached Philippine shores, 97 years after quest after quest, expedition after expedition — from Paris in 1924 to Rio de Janeiro in 2016 — returned bearing not the prized medallion. After 18 months, Hidilyn Diaz, the heroine of the...
Prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez said that weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz has the best chance to win the country’s gold medal. His basis? “This is her fourth stint in the Olympics. Hidilyn Diaz is our most experienced athlete...
Juvic Pagunsan, left, and Yuka Saso at the driving range of the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama, Japan. (Photo from the Philippine Golf Tour Instagram) Filipino golfers are raring to mirror the golden feat of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz with Juvic Pagunsan seeing action first in the country he...
A mere two days after her jaw-dropping gold medal finish in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz is back home in the Philippines. GOLDEN GIRL--Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz arrives at NAIA on July 28, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) The 30-year-old athlete arrived...
What was initially a short training trip in Malaysia became a long one due to the lockdown. And staying there for training until leaving for the Tokyo Olympics 2021 has led Hidilyn Diaz to forge many strong bonds while abroad. Ahmad Janius Abdullah took care of Hidilyn Diaz for more than a year in...
Time to shop! A simple conversation on makeup for morenas between our now-Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz and Ever Bilena Cosmetics Inc. (EBCI) chief sales and marketing officer Denice Sy-Munez back in 2018 has now blossomed into a beautiful relationship between the two parties. "As a sportsman,...
