Published May 3, 2021, 9:15 PM
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, second from right, with (from left) nutritionist Jeaneth Aro, strength and conditioning coach Julius Naranjo and Chinese mentor Kaiwen Gao of Team HD at the training camp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With them is Malaysia weightlifting team’s Chinese coach Wang Zhi-quan. (Photo courtesy of Hidilyn Diaz)
Popular sports nutritionist Jeaneth Aro has been working in the corner of veteran weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz the past four years, the last was when the superstar Filipino athlete captured three gold medals in the Roma World Cup more than a year ago in Italy.
Their partnership started in 2017, a year after Diaz earned a silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics and decided to form her own “HD Team” with Chinese mentor Kaiwen Gao and strength and conditioning coach Julius Naranjo.