Compiled by ZAKIAH KOYA and C. ARUNO MALAYSIAN Weightlifting Federation deputy president Ahmad Janius Abdullah said he was touched when Hidilyn Diaz called him from Tokyo to inform him that she had won the Olympic gold medal, Harian Metro reported. The foster father of the Philippines’ first Olympic champion said the weightlifter had yearned for the gold and had proven herself now. Ahmah Janius said Diaz had called him asking for a place to train and he decided to take her to his mother-in-law’s house in Kampung Kesang, Jasin, Melaka, last September. “The front garage was renovated and turned into her training ground until she left for Tokyo on July 18,” he said.