Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz shows off her figure during a weightlifting equipment donation at the Manila Weightlifting Club in Tondo, Manila. – PICTURE CONTRIBUTIONS
After winning the most important award in weightlifting, Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo will add another meaningful piece of hardware to her collection when she competes at the National Weightlifting Federation World Championships economy in 2022.
The Philippine Olympic champion arrived in Bogota, Colombia, with her husband and coach Julius Naranjo ahead of Wednesday’s medal round in the women’s 55 kg class, the weight class that Diaz-Naranjo has dominated at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. with record-breaking style.
“I am very excited. It will be a bit difficult to qualify again in Paris. But again, I will do my best with Team HD,” said Diaz, who is seeing the tournament as a springboard for the 2024 Olympics scheduled to take place in the French capital.
Before bringing her action to the Colombian world, the nation’s first Olympic gold medalist attended an all-star training camp in Suwanee, Georgia, alongside champion Maude Charron of Canada (Olympic gold medalist 64 kg).
With them were American Katherin Vibert (Tokyo silver medalist 76 kg) and two-time Inter-American champion Jourdan dela Cruz.
“It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to train with Olympic weightlifters from three countries. Thank you for giving me the best training environment before the world championship. I [was able to] see passion, dedication, determination and hard work in training,” said Diaz-Naranjo.
The world championships that began on Monday were prepared by the International Weightlifting Federation for the 2024 Paris Olympics, in which Hidilyn’s weight class was dropped.
There are talks that Diaz-Naranjo, who won a silver medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, will gain as much as 59 kg in her fifth and final Olympic Games, but nothing is certain yet. sure.
For now, the famous Philippine sports heroine will focus on her weight division, hoping to bring the world championship gold medal into her stacked room of trophies. request
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