{"id":8322,"date":"2021-08-07T00:13:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T10:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/?p=8322"},"modified":"2021-08-07T00:13:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T10:13:11","slug":"weightlifter-hidilyn-diaz-wins-philippines-first-olympic-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2021\/08\/07\/weightlifter-hidilyn-diaz-wins-philippines-first-olympic-gold-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz Wins Philippines\u2019 First Olympic Gold Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-attachment-id=\"8317\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/phn-diaz-olympic-goldmedal\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PHN-Diaz-Olympic-GoldMedal.jpeg?fit=1000%2C666\" data-orig-size=\"1000,666\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PHN Diaz Olympic GoldMedal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PHN-Diaz-Olympic-GoldMedal.jpeg?fit=300%2C200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PHN-Diaz-Olympic-GoldMedal.jpeg?fit=640%2C426\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PHN-Diaz-Olympic-GoldMedal.jpeg?resize=608%2C404\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8317\" width=\"608\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PHN-Diaz-Olympic-GoldMedal.jpeg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PHN-Diaz-Olympic-GoldMedal.jpeg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PHN-Diaz-Olympic-GoldMedal.jpeg?resize=768%2C511 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/PHN-Diaz-Olympic-GoldMedal.jpeg?resize=675%2C450 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>by Jim Bea Sampaga<\/em><strong><br><br><\/strong>For the first time since the Philippines joined the Olympics in 1924, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won the Philippines\u2019 first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on July 26.<br><br>Hailing from Zamboanga, the 30-year-old not only won the gold medal but also set two new Olympic records in weightlifting: 127kg in the clean and jerk and a total lift of 224kg.<br><br>The Tokyo Olympics isn\u2019t Diaz\u2019s first Olympic games.<br><br>She went to the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics but it wasn\u2019t until the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics that she won a silver medal in women\u2019s weightlifting.<br><br>Diaz is the first Filipina athlete to bring home double Olympic medals.<br><br>She is also one of the three Filipino athletes who has brought home Olympic medals for the Philippines.<br><br>In 1928 Amsterdam and 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, swimmer Teofilo Yldefonso won bronze medals. While in 1996 Atlanta, boxer Mansueto \u201cOnyok\u201d Velasco won the silver medal in the light flyweight division.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jim Bea Sampaga For the first time since the Philippines joined the Olympics 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