ICYMI: Hidilyn Diaz says she competed for the final time in the women's 55kg division, the event where she won the Philippines' first Olympic gold and maiden world championship.
MANILA, Philippines – Hidilyn Diaz earned valuable qualification points for the 2024 Paris Olympics following her historic win in the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships.in Bogota, Colombia turned out to be the final time she saw action in the women’s 55kg division as she looks to compete in a different weight class in her bid for a sixth straight Olympic appearance.
She ended the Philippines’ near century-long quest for an Olympic gold medal when she ruled the women’s 55kg division in the Tokyo Games last year. Only five weight classes will be contested in the women’s division in Paris: 49kg, 59kg, 71kg, 81kg, and +81kg. If that is the case, Diaz will be competing for an Olympic spot against compatriot Elreen Ando, who represented the Philippines in the women’s 59kg event in the Tokyo Games.
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