Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 20:00:05 +0000
Hidilyn Diaz has been voted the 2018 Sportsman of the Year by SPIN.ph on an eventful year in sports that saw the weightlifter win an Asian Games gold medal and stand front and center in the fight for the welfare of the Filipino athlete. Diaz, 27, as well as the Top Sports Heroes of 2018 […]
Read morePRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte led a grateful nation in a “snappy salute” to Asian Games gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz as the soldier-weightlifter gave the basketball-mad nation a lift after a heartbreaking hoops loss to China. Footage of the tearful Diaz, the silver medallist from the Rio Olympics, saluting the flag after Tuesday’s victory brought goosebumps to […]
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Read moreBy Nick Giongco The country’s Olympic heroes the last 25 years – silver medalists Onyok Velasco and Hidilyn Diaz – sparkled like gold Wednesday night during the first Siklab Awards held at the Century Park Hotel. Diaz, who took the weightlifting silver in Rio 2016, was radiant in a blue dress. Velasco, the pint-sized puncher […]
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