MANILA: Hidilyn Diaz, the first and only Olympic gold medallist from the Philippines, vowed on Thursday (Apr 4) to continue in weightlifting just hours after failing to qualify for a fifth consecutive Games.
Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz celebrates as she wins gold in the women's 55kg weightlifting event during the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi on May 20, 2022. MANILA: Hidilyn Diaz, the first and only Olympic gold medallist from the Philippines, vowed on Thursday to continue in weightlifting just hours after failing to qualify for a fifth consecutive Games.
Only one athlete per country can qualify in any weight division and Diaz, who won gold at Tokyo in the now-scrapped 55kg division, finished 11th on 222kg after failing with her final two clean-and-jerk attempts to match Ando's total. "I will pursue what I have started, training and serving our athletes in the future," she said, revealing she would open her own sports academy soon.
The event, the final Olympic weightlifting qualifier, was won by China's Luo Shifang with a new world record of 248kg, a massive 24kg more than Diaz hoisted to win Olympic gold three years ago."Our initiative of giving inspiration to our youth and Filipinos in sports will go up to the next level," she added.
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