‘Keep the Fire Burning’: Diaz’s Rallying Cry for Team PH
![Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo carries the torch during the relay leading to the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Untitled-design753-400x200.png)
Olympic champion Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo carried the torch for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and urged Filipino athletes to keep the fire burning.
Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo
‘You don’t have to say sorry…you’re still the queen’ – POC president hails Hidilyn Diaz
![THE picture says it all—Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino and Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo [POC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cong-b_hidilyn-e1712381968644-400x200.png)
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino consoled the country’s first Olympic gold medalist, Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo after the decorated weightlifter fell short of booking a Paris Olympics berth.
Asian Games 2023: Hidilyn Diaz falls short of podium finish
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Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo missed out on a medal in the 2023 Asian Games, placing fourth in the 59kg category of women’s weightlifting on Monday, Oct. 2, at the Xiaoshan Sports Centre Gymnasium.
Year of misfortunes, deaths and lost opportunities will not prevent us from enjoying the birth of Jesus
PERSONALLY, the year 2022 was a heartbreaker. Things didn’t go as planned and my life is darkened by despair and lost opportunities.