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The Philippines’s Hidilyn Diaz has won the women’s 55-kilogramme (121-pound) category for weightlifting at Tokyo 2020 to become the country’s first Olympic gold medallist, igniting celebrations back home among the COVID-19 pandemic-weary population.
Competing in her fourth Olympics, the 30-year-old lifted 97kg (213.84 lbs) in the snatch and an Olympic record of 127kg (279.98 lbs) in the clean and jerk for a total of 224kg (493.8 lbs), also an Olympic record.
By winning the gold, Diaz also ended the Philippines’s 97-year quest for gold at the Olympics. It first participated in the Games in 1924 and has previously won three silvers and seven bronze medals.
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Philippines: Manny Pacquiao Confirms 2022 Presidential Run
26 Jul 2021
Legendary boxer and current Philippine Senator Manny Pacquiao will seek the Philippines’ highest political office next summer, Pacquiao’s spokesman confirmed to CNN Philippines over the weekend.
“I want everyone to know … Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao is going to run for president,” Sen. Pacquiao’s spokesman, Monico Puentevella, told the news outlet on July 23.
“He will file his candidacy,” Puentevella said. The Philippines’ next presidential election is scheduled for May 9, 2022, as part of the country’s general election that year.
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