Hidilyn Diaz boosts young weightlifters’ morale

The Manila Times

Hidilyn Diaz boosts young weightlifters’ morale  Tokyo 2020 Olympics weightlifting gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz graced the Batang Pinoy 2024 weightlifting event.   Diaz was seen supporting the Rizal Province team at the RVM (Ramon V. Mitra Sr. ) Sports Complex-Sepak Takraw Court on Monday, Nov. 25.   Video by Nicole Anne D.G. Bugauisan  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook   Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram   Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter   DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion     Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify   Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts   Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic   Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #themanilatimes  #philippines #tmtnews  #sports

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00:00When you mentioned Weightlifting Academy, what is it that you look forward to for the kids that they will get here in Batam?

00:10I look forward to them doing their best.

00:16I don't want to pressure them with medals.

00:19I want them to enjoy what they have here because it's once a year event.

00:24It's once in a while that they get to come here.

00:29So I want them to do their best.

00:32They prepared for this and now they're not going to pressure us.

00:37I'm proud that they're here enjoying at the same time doing their best.

00:42Coming to Batam Philippines, you don't have a choice. You have to get a medal.

00:47How did you approach the kids coming to Batam Philippines?

00:54More on like, if there's a competition, they have to qualify first before going there.

01:05Then they have to set forward to the kids that you have to perform your best and hit some PR so you have a chance.

01:14How does it feel to be a part of the CrossFit community?

01:21Now that you're a coach, you're showing the flower of Batam.

01:25Are there more people doing weightlifting now?

01:30I want to tell a story.

01:32My first competition was Batam Philippines in 2002, Puerto Princesa.

01:38Now we see that the competition is getting bigger.

01:43When I was here, I was the only one in the gold category.

01:49Now there's a lot of people in the silver category.

01:52So I'm grateful that there's a lot of competition now.

01:55I hope that there will be more competitions so they can see that the competition here is good.

02:03Then they set their standards in the international level.

02:07That's my plan.

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