Hidilyn to develop weightlifting training centre in Melaka harakahdaily.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from harakahdaily.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Olympic gold medallist to return to Kampung Kesang Tua for training harakahdaily.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from harakahdaily.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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MALAYSIAN Weightlifting Federation deputy president Ahmad Janius Abdullah said he was touched when Hidilyn Diaz called him from Tokyo to inform him that she had won the Olympic gold medal, Harian Metro reported.
The foster father of the Philippines’ first Olympic champion said the weightlifter had yearned for the gold and had proven herself now.
Ahmah Janius said Diaz had called him asking for a place to train and he decided to take her to his mother-in-law’s house in Kampung Kesang, Jasin, Melaka, last September.
“The front garage was renovated and turned into her training ground until she left for Tokyo on July 18,” he said.
Foster father of Philippines first Olympic champion weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz touched by call from Tokyo straitstimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from straitstimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.