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Weightlifter Hidilyn F. Diaz, 30, is one of 19 Filipinos competing in this year鈥檚 Olympic Games in Tokyo after the event was canceled last year amid a coronavirus pandemic. In this episode of B-Side, Ms. Diaz speaks with 大象传媒 senior reporter Michael Angelo S. Murillo about going for gold, and training through a pandemic away from home, away from friends, and away from family.
By the time you listen to this, she might be a two-time Olympic medalist, giving the Philippines its first-ever gold medal, adding to the silver that she won in Rio 2016. But as of this recording, we don鈥檛 know. What we do know right now is that the hope of a nation rides on her strong and capable shoulders and that her Olympic dreams burn bright.
Produced by Paolo L. Lopez听补苍诲 Sam L. Marcelo.
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