Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo finally won gold at the world championships, EJ Obiena cleared the bar to become No. 3 in the world, Alexandra “Alex” Eala proudly spoke in Tagalog at Flushing Meadows and the country—and Asia—lost an icon, Lydia de Vega. Know more:
HIDILYN DIAZ-NARANJO finally won gold at the world championships, Ernest John “EJ” Obiena cleared the bar to become No. 3 in the world, Alexandra “Alex” Eala proudly spoke in Tagalog at Flushing Meadows and the country—and Asia—lost an icon, Lydia de Vega.
Diaz-Naranjo did it with a flourish—93 kgs in snatch, 114 kgs in clean and jerk and 207 kgs in total lift—to sweep her division in the worlds where a gold is awarded in each of the two lift variations and the total lift. But Obiena had to labor first against his own athletics federation before going on a winning binge at the Vietnam SEA Games and in the outdoor season in Europe.
“Buong puso ko itong pinaglaban hindi lang para sa sarili ko kundi para makatulong din ako sa kinabukasan ng Philippine tennis,” Eala told the crowd and multitude others on television. “Hindi lang ’to panalo ko, panalo natin lahat. Thank you.” Women power was also evident in 2022 with victories by Ochoa and Custodio at the world jiu-jitsu championships in Abu Dhabi last November and Jovelyn Gonzaga and Sisi Rondina at the World Beach Pro Tour last December in Subic.
Rubilen Amit, Carlo Biado and Johann Chua sustained a world tradition by Filipinos dominating billiards with their conquest at the Predator World 10-Ball Team Championship in Klagenfurt, Austria. That oddity was borne out of restrictions wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic, which, obviously, waned significantly in 2022 with majority of Filipinos getting the vaccine.
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