IN THE LOOP: Filipina Hidilyn Diaz Silver Medalist Olympic Games RIO 2016

Olympic Games RIO 2016 Filipina Hidilyn Diaz Silver Medalist

Congratulations! Thank you for bringing home the Silver to end our 20-year Olympic medal drought!

Hidilyn Diaz became the first Filipina to win an Olympic medal and also the country’s first weightlifter.

"All I wanted was a bronze but God gave me a silver’'

“I would have been grateful with a bronze medal because that’s what we were targeting. Masaya na sana ako sa bronze medal,” said Diaz, who joined the short elite list of athletes to win an Olympic medal for the Philippines.