A shining silver for Hidilyn
MANILA, Philippines — Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo, the country’s first gold medal winner in the Olympics, started her quest for an Olympic return with a silver-medal feat in the just-concluded National Weightlifting Championships in Dumaguete.
In her first event after a long absence, the 34-year-old Diaz-Naranjo shook off some rust and showed she still has it by finishing behind fellow Olympian Elreen Ando.
Ando, who beat the Tokyo golden lifter for the lone spot to Paris last year, seized the gold with a 220-kilogram total lift of 95kg from snatch and 125kg from clean and jerk.
Diaz-Naranjo had 202 on an 87kg snatch and 115kg clean and jerk.
It wasn’t that bad for the country’s first Olympic gold medalist as she’s just returned to training.
But if given time, more can be expected from Diaz-Naranjo, who announced last week she would make her last Olympic run.
She clarified, though, that it would depend on her situation since family, after all, comes first.
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