Had Lydia de Vega been alive Monday, the former Asian Sprint Queen would have been celebrating her 58th birthday. Know more:
Had Lydia de Vega been alive Monday, the former Asian Sprint Queen would have been celebrating her 58th birthday.
Diay first made an impact at the Manila 1981 Southeast Asian Games with gold medal performances in the 200 and 400 meters surpassing the Asian Games record in the process and with no less than then President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. awarding her the gold medals. “I was even hailed, not only as Queen of Sprint, but also Darling of Asian Athletics. And when I retired, I told him and I told everybody with my head up high, whenever I was asked to speak in any gathering, kung wala si Tatang, walang Lydia de Vega na nakapaghatid ng karangalan sa bansa at sa pangalang Pilipino,” Diay stressed.
“During training, di dapat makipagtawanan. Di dapat makipagkuwentuhan. Kailangan 100 percent naka-focus sa ensayo. Walang dapat isipin,” she said. “Kahit tapos na ang ensayo, bawal sa aking makipagusap sa lalaki. Kahit sa bahay di dapat tumanggap ng manliligaw. Bawal akong ligawan.” Behind his strictness or, as his critics perceived, cruelty, Diay defended Tatang as “very loving and protective.”
Those brief moments did not stop the father-daughter tandem though from training. “Kahit walang karera at wala na ako sa national team, practice pa rin. Ganun pa rin. Bahay, school, track oval, uwi uli ng bahay.”
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