But for Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, her historic gold medal win at Tokyo 2020 - the first for her country in Olympic ...

Two years before Philippine weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won the country's first ever Olympic gold medal, she was swept up in an alleged "plot" against President Rodrigo Duterte. Diaz, who won the ...

From a bamboo pole to Olympic gold, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz’s arduous buildup to the Tokyo Games culminated on the top step of the podium. Diaz won the first gold medal for the Philippines on Monday ...

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 Philippines made history Monday when weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won the country's first-ever gold medal. Diaz won gold in the women’s 55-kilogram weightlifting category after overtaking China's ...

WIN a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and you go down as one—if not the most—of the most revered Filipino athlete or ...

The Philippines has won an Olympic gold medal for the first time in history at the Tokyo Summer Games. Awarded to weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz in the 55-kilogram category of women’s weightlifting, Diaz ...

MANILA, Philippines — Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz's weightlifting academy teamed up with Eleiko and TheRack.Co for a short film chronicling her Olympic journey and her mission to train the next ...

MANILA, Philippines — There is something in Tokyo Olympics gold medal winner Hidilyn Diaz’s blood that ticks. It was on display after her niece, Alexandra Ann Diaz, showed the same magnificence in the ...