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Hidilyn Diaz's Weightlifting Gold Comes with a $660,000 Prize

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

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The first gold medal winner for the Philippines gets a new house and $660,000 as well as the gratitude of a nation that has been waiting for this moment since 1924.

 

The Philippines have been sending athletes to the Olympic Games since 1924. On the 3rd day of the Tokyo Olympics, on a last gasp lift that held everything in the balance, 30-year-old weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz clean and jerked 127 kg to give her a 224 kg total and the gold in the women's 55 kg division.

 

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