Muattar Nabieva of Uzbekistan set the Olympic record of 98kg in the snatch, where Diaz was unable to complete her attempt at 99kg. Nabieva was less of a factor in the clean and jerk and wound up in ...

2022 Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz in action during the women's 55kg REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa Almost a year after she became the first athlete from the Philippines to win an Olympic gold medal ...

EVERYONE KNOWS Hidilyn Diaz' weightlifting journey as she carried an entire nation at her back during the Tokyo Olympics back in 2021, where she won the first gold medal for the Philippines in an ...

Something must have stirred inside Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo after witnessing ... the first Filipino to win a gold medal in the Olympics, is now craving for another shot at glory in the Los Angeles ...

Filipino athletes had stood on the Olympic podium twelve times in the past, but it was lucky number thirteen that put them on the top step. Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won the southeast Asian nation its ...