‘That is my finest for now’

The Philippines’ first Olympic champion, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz says she is completely happy to be again whilst she locations fourth within the girls’s 58kg division in her Southeast Asian Video games comeback

CHONBURI, Thailand – Weightlifting heroine Hidilyn Diaz supplied an apology as she missed her shot at a medal in her Southeast Asian Video games comeback.

The Philippines’ first Olympic champion completed fourth within the girls’s 58kg class with a complete of 200kg on the Chonburi Sports activities Faculty right here on Sunday, December 14.

Seeing motion within the regional showdown after lacking the 2023 Cambodia version, Diaz cleared 90kg in snatch and 110kg in clear and jerk however she failed in her bid so as to add to her private five-medal SEA Video games haul, which features a pair of golds.

Thailand’s Suratwadee Yodsarn dominated the competitors with a 224kg complete, whereas Indonesia’s Natasya Beteyob (218kg) and Vietnam’s Thi Tam Quang (215kg) bagged silver and bronze, respectively. 

Diaz mentioned she continues to be bothered by a proper knee damage that she handled throughout her qualification bid for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

“First, I wish to ask for forgiveness, however I did my finest,” Diaz informed Filipino reporters. “That is my finest for now as a result of I’ve an damage and I had a tough time dropping weight as a result of I received larger.” 

“However that isn’t an excuse. On the finish of the day, I didn’t surrender, I ready for this, and I’m completely happy to characterize the nation.” 

The 34-year-old Zamboangueña mentioned it’s the first time she didn’t medal in a SEA Video games she competed in because the 2005 version held in Manila.

She received golds in 2019 and 2021, silvers in 2011 and 2013, and a bronze in 2007. 

However even then, Diaz relished her return to the worldwide stage, admitting that she was demoralized after she fell wanting a spot within the Paris Video games — a setback that denied her a fifth consecutive Olympic look.

“After not qualifying for Paris, I type of misplaced motivation. That is my first worldwide competitors after 2024. I’m completely happy to be again once more,” Diaz mentioned. 

“I missed the sensation of taking part in for the Philippines, of being there on the rostrum. I’m completely happy to be again.” – Rappler.com