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MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Tuesday congratulated Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz, with a quip that she won over China without the need to resort to war. Recto’s remark was a swipe…
MANILA, Philippines — Carrying the weight of a country long seeking for Olympic glory, Hidilyn Diaz finally ended the seemingly interminable quest Monday night. Diaz, in her fourth straight Olympics, delivered the Philippines’ breakthrough gold medal after…
TOKYO—Hidilyn Diaz moves into the spotlight on Monday with the hopes of a country now heavier on her as she shoots for a gold medal in the women’s weightlifting 55k-kilogram category in the Tokyo Olympics here. Margielyn…
CEBU CIY, Philippines—– The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez, who is in Tokyo, Japan, said on Sunday, July 25, that losing happens even to the best of them after the Philippine team encountered heartbreaking…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuana weightlifter Elreen Anne Ando and 2016 Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz have big chances of snatching medals in their respective weight divisions in the Tokyo Olympics in July, this year. This is…
Hidilyn Diaz just went through the motions of punching a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics despite missing the podium in the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Sunday night. Diaz wound up fourth in the women’s…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Philippine national weightlifting team departs for Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, for the Asian Weightlifting Championships. A total of nine weightlifters, including 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz, will vie in the…
Team Philippines has a clear objective of sending more qualifiers to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics than usual, with over 70 Filipino athletes from various sports seeking coveted spots in the first quarter of the year. Weightlifters, headlined…
HOPING to give more exposure to the sport of weightlifting, the Cebu Weightlifting Association (CWA) Inc. will hold the 1st National Students Championship (NSC) and CWA Affiliate Women’s Weightlifting Invitational this Sunday at the Ayala Center Cebu’s…
Carmen, Cebu — For Filipino Olympian Hidilyn Diaz, occasionally disrupting her training routine to attend programs that promote weightlifting to the youth inspires her to give her best in the profession that she chose to embrace. This…
Carmen, CEBU – It could have just been an ordinary sports and wellness event held on a Sunday morning and attended by more than 100 people in the sleepy village of Luyang in the town of Carmen,…
FOR OLYMPIC silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz, there’s really not much special talent needed to become a successful weightlifter. In a seminar attended by a mix of aspiring athletes and coaches at the Cebu City Sports Club Cebu…
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