It may be a regional games among only 12 countries on this side of the globe but for Hidilyn Diaz, winning a gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games matters as much as her accomplishment at the Tokyo Olympics last year.
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Diaz was the Asean region’s toast last year when she struck gold in the women’s 55 kgs in Tokyo in record fashion. Tanasan won hers in the lighter 49 kgs class in Rio. Diaz brought along the same Team HD that painstakingly chiseled her to an Olympic gold medalist. The team includes her fiancé and head coach Julius Naranjo, nutritionist Jeaneth Aro, team assistant Maria Dessa Delos Santos and the Philippine Sports Commission’s head for sports psychology Dr. Karen Katrina Trinidad.Tanasan went kilo heavier with her snatch at 93 kgs, sending some shivers down Diaz’s spine.
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