MANILA, July 27 (Bloomberg): Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won the first-ever Olympic gold medal for the Philippines, ending the nation’s 97-year drought. Made,” the Olympics said on its Twitter account after 30-year-old Diaz, a silver medalist in the 2016 Rio Olympics, won in the women’s 55kg weightlifting competition in Tokyo on Monday. Diaz spent seven months away from her family after being stuck due to Covid-19 restrictions while on training in Malaysia. "But this is what I want, this is what I love to do.”With the win, Diaz will take with her 33 million pesos (US$660,000) in cash prizes from the government and several businessmen and a house and lot. - Bloomberg

Source: The Star July 27, 2021 00:45 UTC