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 ...

Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won the southeast Asian nation its first ever gold medal, setting Olympic records in both the clean & jerk and total score in the women's 55 kg competition. The battle was a ...

The protégé of Olympic champion Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo lifted 85 kg in the ... His victory was among four gold medals won by Rizal province lifters, including Diaz’s nephew Matthew Diaz (boys ...

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 ...

Education Secretary Sonny Angara gave credit to Tokyo Olympics’ gold medallist Hidilyn Diaz for the inclusion of ...

Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo ... for the Olympics,’’ said Diaz-Naranjo at the sidelines of the Inquirer Read-Along recently. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics weightlifting gold medalist, however, isn’t ...

Four years after Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo gave the Philippines its first Olympic gold medal, the heroine from Zamboanga is about ...

Arianne remembers very clearly how she felt when Hidilyn Diaz finally broke through in Tokyo. “I was so proud,” she gushes. “Every athlete dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal and hearing ...

THE goal of winning a Winter Olympics medal is now solidly cast in stone following the Philippine men’s curling team’s gold medal performance at the Ninth Asian Games in Harbin on Friday morning.

Four years after Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo gave the Philippines its first Olympic gold medal, the heroine from Zamboanga is about to see the realization of another dream. “I have long hoped for my ...