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HIDILYN DIAZ-NARANJO won’t be going to Paris for what could have been her fifth straight Olympics. But the country’s first Olympic gold medalist at women’s 56 kgs of weightlifting in Tokyo 2020 has resigned herself to being a wife to husband and coach Julius. To fulfill those roles, the pride…
MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): Hidilyn Diaz has finally added the elusive World Weightlifting Championship gold to her collection as she ruled the women’s 55-kilogram division on Thursday (Dec 8, Manila time) in Bogota, Colombia.
Published April 26, 2021, 1:32 PM Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) President Monico Puentevella makes his first appearance in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum online edition on Tuesday. The former Bacolod City mayor and congressman will be discussing the bid of Hidilyn Diaz to go all-out for the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics. The 30-year-old Filipina will be making her fourth Olympic appearance five years after bagging the silver medal in the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Games. Puentevella, also a former PSC commissioner, is likewise expected to talk about the bright fu...