Tag: Hidilyn
Hidilyn gears up for bigger challenge of being a mom
Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo (left) and husband Julius unwind in a resort in Thailand. —PHOTO FROM HIDILYN DIAZ/FACEBOOK Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo will be out of the Olympics for the first time in its last five cycles, and she has announced that her time will now be dedicated towards the biggest challenge any woman can have: Motherhood. After failing…
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With Olympics bid over, it’s family time for Hidilyn Diaz
FILE–Hidilyn Diaz Naranjo has ended her bid for qualify for the Paris Olympics. Now she turns to focus on her family. –PSC-POC Media Pool MANILA, Philippines — After bombing out of the 2024 Paris Olympics contention, Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo will spend a “much-needed family time” with her husband and coach Julius Naranjo. A day after her…
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Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo may have bid her Olympic dream au revoir, but her legacy will remain untainted
Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo—REUTERS Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo, the Philippines’ unrivaled Olympics heroine, is not going to the Paris 2024 Games. But shed no tear for the greatest Filipino weightlifter of all time, even as Father Time denied her a fifth straight appearance—which she doggedly chased in the last two years—in the Olympics. “I love this sport, I don’t…
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Hidilyn lets it all out in last stretch of Olympics prep
Philippines’ Hidilyn Diaz (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy and TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP) Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo is bracing for the final stretch of her journey to reach Paris and see action in a fifth straight Olympic Games later this year. The Tokyo Olympics weightlifting gold medalist seems unshakable in the top 10 of the women’s…
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Hidilyn, Nesthy, and Carlo Paalam open New Year hoping to making it to Paris
Boxers Nesthy Petecio (left) and Carlo Paalam won silver medals in the last Olympics but are now hard-pressed to make the grade for the next one in Paris like Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo (photobelow), the Tokyo gold medalist trying to make it to the French capital via the long route. (INQUIRER FILE PHOTOS0 For the nation’s premier…
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Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo, PH lifters aim to bolster Olympic bids in Doha tilt
FILE – The Philippines’ Hidilyn Diaz competes in the women’s 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on July 26, 2021. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP) MANILA, Philippines–Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo has two more tournaments left in her bid for an unprecedented fifth straight Olympic Games. The…
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Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo moves training away from distractions
Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo. —AFP Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo prefers to stay out of the limelight and silently work her way up. The country’s only Olympic gold medalist left for Bahrain and embarked on a two-week training camp in the capital city of Manama to keep her in tip-top shape in time for another crucial Olympic qualification meet. Diaz-Naranjo…
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Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo proves she is more than an inspirational figure as she breaks ground on ‘factory’ of champs
Young kids attend the ground-breaking ceremony for Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo’s newest weightlifting academy. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO From Olympic weightlifting gold medalist to philanthropist. Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo proved she is more than just a beacon of hope by providing something more tangible that can help young athletes take the same path to glory she did: A training center in…
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Hidilyn Diaz commits to Asian Games stint despite tight schedule – rezal404
Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo has a heavy lineup of events. —PDI FILES Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo will not be defending her Asian Games gold medal in China in October. She will head there to win a new one. Though not calendared as an Olympic qualifying event which Diaz-Naranjo initially left out of her schedule, the Hangzhou, China Games will…
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Hidilyn Diaz’s 59kg debut in Asian Championships still a ‘success’ – rezal404
Hidilyn Diaz’s lift in snatch in the 2023 Asian weightlifting championships in Jinju, Korea. MANILA, Philippines—Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo competed in a division far from her usual in the 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championship at Jinju, South Korea on Sunday and missed out on a podium finish. But the Olympic gold medalist’s first try in the 59-kilogram division…
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