Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. with Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz in one of the city’s crossfit gyms.
ANGELES CITY – This city has joined the prize bandwagon for first Filipino Olympic gold medal winner Hidilyn Diaz with a P200,000 cash incentive from Angeles Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr.
Lazatin said the Angeles City-based Diaz, who has a residence at the Decca Clark Resort and Residences, in Barangay Margot, Angeles City, trained in one of the crossfit gyms in the city.
“Madalas po nating makasama ang Olympic champion na si Hidilyn sa mga exercises sa gym at tayo po ay nagagalak at naipanalo niya ang koponan ng Pilipinas sa pamamagitan ng isang gold medal,” according to Mayor Lazatin.
The 30-year old Diaz won the women’s 55kg weightlifting competition at the Tokyo Olympics beating world-record holder Liao Quiyun of China and Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan on Monday.
Diaz has already brought honors to the country in the past by winning silver in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; bronze medal in the bronze medal in the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships; and 3rd place in the 2019 World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
On February 14, 2017, Diaz was awarded the “Athlete of the Year” by the Philippine Sportswriters Association.
