Olympic weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, the Philippines' first Olympic gold medalist, confirmed this in an Instagram post on Wednesday. "It started as a dream, and finally, weightlifting is included as ...

Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz has encouraged Caraga's student-athletes to set their sights beyond the Palarong ...

Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz keeps making history at the Summer ... According to The New York Times, she picked up weightlifting at 11 — first with wood and car parts and even concrete ...

Muattar Nabieva of Uzbekistan set the Olympic record of 98kg in the snatch, where Diaz was unable to complete her attempt at 99kg. Nabieva was less of a factor in the clean and jerk and wound up in ...

Kate Nye won a silver medal for the best U.S. weightlifting result since Tara Nott-Cunningham won gold in 2000 ... The Philippines had never had a gold medalist. Hidalyn Diaz changed that, winning the ...

Elreen Ann Ando could well be the future of Philippine weightlifting, being the very lifter who denied Hidilyn Diaz another Olympic return. The question is whether her time is now.

The path Alex Eala took to the WTA Tour, sadly, isn't available for most players in the Philippines, where opportunies after ...

Hidilyn Diaz is expected to be here during the Paris Games weightlifting competition, and her mere presence would surely be an added boost and inspiration to the Philippine bets.