And worth following in our own journey toward success The Olympics is over. The hype of winning four medals for the Philippines is already waning. This episode, however, has etched itself into our history books, the year we finally took home the gold after 97 years of trying. That it was achieved...
Shown in this file photo is Hidilyn Diaz’s mother Emelita, second from left, and father Eduardo, right, during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in Manila. (MB File Photo) The last time Hidilyn Diaz saw her parents was when she captured her first Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medal back in...
Chinese coach Kaiwen Gao helps Hidilyn Diaz during training in Malaysia prior to the Tokyo Olympics. (From Hidilyn Diaz Instagram) It’s time to move on for Chinese mentor Gao Kaiwen and Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz. After all, it’s mission accomplished for the two in the Tokyo Olympics....
Photo from AFP Hidilyn Diaz is already in the country since Wednesday, but she remains glued to the television and has regularly been updating on social media on the developments with regards to the campaign of Team Philippines in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan. Diaz, the first gold medal winner...
It is sinking only now into Philippine Air Force (PAF) Staff Sergeant Hidilyn Diaz's psyche that she is a gold medalist at the Women’s 55kg category for weightlifting of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but already she has realized the huge responsibility put on her shoulders. Olympic gold medalist...
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...
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Butch Ramirez and weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games here. (PSC Instagram) The cash incentives continue to come to Hidilyn Diaz's way. The 30-year-old weightlifter is set to receive an additional P5 million from the Philippine...
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...
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...
