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Maya Nakanishi competes in the women’s long jump - T64 category during a para-athletics test event for the 2020 Olympics at the National Stadium in Tokyo
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Hidilyn Diaz bids to claim Olympic berth in Asian weightlifting
HIDILYN Diaz hopes to end her more than a year long wait by Sunday.
The 30-year-old Filipina guns for her rightful place in the Tokyo Olympics when she competes in the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Diaz need not achieve a podium finish in the final Olympic qualifier for the sport as merely showing up would be enough for the Rio De Janeiro silver Olympic medal winner to complete the required five-tournament rule for her to qualify for Tokyo.
But the warrior in her still compels Diaz to go all out and seek a strong finish in the women’s 55 kg competition that serves as her final tournament prior to the Olympiad.
Inspiring Filipinos of 2020
2020 has been a difficult year for us, what with the many challenges that we’ve had to go through this year. As the year comes to a close, we’re left reflecting back on a year filled with circumstances – such as the global pandemic that’s COVID-19, a TV network shutting down, and cities submerged by floods – that we’ve rarely seen before.
But thankfully, getting through the year has been a lot easier with the stories of
10 inspiring Filipinos, from Macoy Dubs to May Parsons – who’ve inspired us in different ways, from playing a comedic