On Monday night when she received her Lifetime Achievement Award from the Philippine Sportswriters Association, former long jump queen Elma Muros-Posadas couldn’t help but relive the times she shared with an old friend and rival, the late Lydia De Vega-
Muros-Posadas couldn’t help but relive the times she shared with an old friend and rival, the late Lydia De Vega Mercado.“Magkasama pa kaming mag-training noon at naging inpirasyon namin ang bawat isa. Iyong legacy niya sating lahat, marami siyang naiwang alaala,” said Muros-Posadas, who trained together with the former Sprint Queen of Asia under the Gintong Alay of then project Director Michael Keon, who is now mayor of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte.
“Nag-iwan ka ng magandang legacy sa sports, sa buong Asia, at sa mga kabataan, IDOL Kita. Maraming maraming salamat, we love you,” she added. A product of Project Gintong Alay during the time of President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., Mercado competed and won multiple medals in the Southeast Asian Games from 1981 to 1993.
She won a total of 15 gold medals in the SEA Games, which also included stints in sprints, hurdles, and later on in heptathlon.
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