The World Tonight: July 26, 2021, marked a new chapter in national sports history, thanks to a tour de force weightlifting performance by Hidilyn Diaz, who won the Philippines’ breakthrough Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.
The best the Philippines had achieved in its nearly 100-year participation entering the Japan Olympics were 3 silver medal finishes — Anthony Villanueva in boxing in Tokyo 1964, Mansueto Velasco in Atlanta 1996, and Diaz in Rio 2016.
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