Sacrifice, exile: How Filipina Hidilyn Diaz made Olympic history while training in Malaysia under Covid-19 curbs | Malay Mail

TOKYO, July 26 — Triumphant weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz will now forget the years of exile, sacrifice, training and nutrition that took her to the Philippines’ first Olympic gold by tucking into her favourite sweet passions, cheesecake and bubble tea.

That ended a 20-year medal drought for the country who first competed on the Olympic stage in 1924 in Paris. His experience has been invaluable to Philippines Air Force servicewoman Diaz, who has blossomed late in her weightlifting career — she did not threaten the podium in her first two Olympic appearances at Beijing and London.

It is all the more remarkable because Diaz has been living in exile in Malaysia since February last year due to the Covid pandemic.She had to put on hold her life outside of sport — her family, her air force career, college studies and managing her weightlifting gym in her home town of Zamboanga on the southern island of Mindanao.

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