giving her an Olympic record total of 220kg. Diaz did one better, lifting 124kg for a total of 221kg. Liao answered with her last lift of 126kg for a total of 223kg. Diaz again attempted and completed ...

Diaz total lift of 206 kilograms, 114kg in the clean-and-jerk and 92kg in the snatch, was well shy of her Olympic gold total of 224kg, but it was enough to retain her title and hold off 2016 Rio ...

Olympic records fell in many classes ... The Philippines had never had a gold medalist. Hidalyn Diaz changed that, winning the women's 55kg class. Diaz had to do it on her last lift. She was tied for ...

EVERYONE KNOWS Hidilyn ... Olympic spectacle, and she even used her influence to build upon the weightlifting program in the country. But besides serving her country through competitions, Diaz ...

The protégé of Olympic champion Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo lifted 85 kg ... while Knykolai Ortega secured bronze with a 76 kg lift. Diaz-Naranjo, the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medalist in ...

It was after top bet and lone Filipino Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo missed ... who finished with a total of 248 kgs lift. Meanwhile, Diaz-Naranjo who mesmerized the world in 2022 ...

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 ...

Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo is deeply preoccupied with accelerating the popularity of her sport, but the country’s first Olympic champion hasn’t lost sight of the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.