Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Weightlifting – Women’s 55kg – Group A – Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan – July 26, 2021. Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines in action. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
July 26, 2021
TOKYO (Reuters) -Philippine’s Hidily Diaz on Monday became her country’s first ever Olympic gold medalist, winning the women’s 55 kg category for weightlifting at Tokyo 2020.
In her fourth Olympics, the 30-year-old lifted a combined weight of 224 kg, an Olympic record.
After completing her final lift in a very close competition, Diaz held her hands to her face and burst into tears before embracing her coaches and clutching at the medallion around her neck.
China’s Liao Qiuyun, who failed to match her own world record for a single lift, took silver with 223 kg and Kazakhstan’s Zulfiya Chinshanlo won bronze with 213 kg.
(Reporting by Junko Fujita and Ece Toksabay; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
Source: One America News Network
