Hidilyn Diaz will be inducted into the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Hall of Fame!
The Filipina weightlifter will receive the prestigious accolade during the PSA Awards Night at the Manila Hotel on January 27. Her Olympic success and numerous victories made her deserving to be enshrined in the PSA Hall of Fame.
Photo: Hidilyn Diaz/Facebook
Among her notable achievements are bagging a silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics and making history by winning the Philippines’ first-ever Olympic gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Diaz will join the other sports icons in the PSA Hall of Fame, including eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, world-class bowlers Paeng Nepomuceno and Bong Coo, chess grandmaster Eugene Torre, pool legend Efren “Bata” Reyes, the late FIDE president Florencio Campomanes, and the late track and field star Lydia De Vega.
She will also share the stage at the PSA Awards Night with Carlos Yulo, the country’s first two-time Olympic gold medalist, who will be honored as the Athlete of the Year.
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