Thankful Hidilyn Diaz ready to move on with life after weightlifting

Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz reacts after placing first in the women's 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on July 26, 2021.After failing to make it to this year’s Paris Olympics , Filipino Olympic gold medal weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz said that she will spend some time with her loved ones, and learn some new skills.

“I realized what is forever: and it is not fame, not money, not even winning or losing. But God, family, and real friends. These are my forever. Thank you for your heartfelt messages of love and support,” she posted on Facebook. Fellow Filipino weightlifter Elreen Ando, on the other hand, is expected to punch her ticket to the Olympics after notching 100 kilograms for snatch and 128 kilograms for clean and jerk, good for 228 total kilograms.

The 33-year-old weightlifter also bared that she and her husband, Julius Naranjo, will do a fundraising weightlifting 101 for grassroots and the HD Weightlifting Academy.“The result was not according to what I wanted and planned. But Thy will be done. It was not my day and #Paris2024 is not for me… It’s the end of my #Paris2024 Olympic journey, I will still lift, continue to lift, and inspire young Filipino Athletes to become Olympic champions,” Diaz stressed.

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