Jul 27, 2021 · Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz made history Monday becoming the first athlete from the Philippines to win gold at the Olympics. The 30-year-old set an Olympic record, lifting a combined weight of 224...

On July 26, 2021, Diaz won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [49] This was the first ever gold medal won by a Filipino athlete since the country's first appearance in the Olympics in 1924. [50] She set new Olympic weightlifting records by lifting 127 kg in the clean and jerk and lifting a total weight of 224 kg. [13] [51]

Jul 26, 2021 · Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines celebrates winning the women's 55-kilogram weightlifting match at the Tokyo 2020 Games — her country's first Olympic gold medal.

Jul 26, 2021 · Hidilyn Diaz made her Olympic debut as a wide-eyed 17-year-old weightlifter just happy to make the trip to Beijing, China to compete in the sport's 58kg division. Little did anyone know that...

Nov 24, 2021 · It was a journey that began three decades ago in Barangay Mampang, Zamboanga City. Here, exceptional talent, visionary leadership, and an audacious grassroots program converged to give Hidilyn Diaz the boost she needed early in her career.

Jul 26, 2021 · Olympian weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won the first-ever gold medal for the Philippines at the Tokyo Games on Monday, breaking the country's 97-year drought.

Jul 27, 2021 · Hidilyn Diaz won the first Olympic gold medal for the Philippines on Monday. The weightlifter ended the country's 97-year Olympic drought, and now will be rewarded for her historic...

Jul 26, 2021 · In a session full of record-setting performances, Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines wound up with two of those records and the gold medal in women's 55kg weightlifting, clinching both on her last lift. The gold medal is the first ever for any athlete from the Philippines.

Aug 7, 2021 · Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz made history when she became the first Filipino to ever win an Olympic gold. She speaks to CNA about the achievement.

Apr 9, 2024 · Hidilyn Diaz may have kissed a fifth straight Olympics stint goodbye but her legacy as the Philippines' first Olympic gold medalist remains.