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Another gold medal for Olympic champion Hidilyn Diaz

The Filipino successfully defends her 2019 Southeast Asian Games title with a 206kg total lift

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Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 20, 2022 Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz in action during the women's 55kg REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 20, 2022 Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz in action during the women's 55kg REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

Almost a year after she became the first athlete from the Philippines to win an Olympic gold medal, Hidilyn Diaz successfully defended her title in the Southeast Asian Games (SEA) weightlifting competition in Hanoi, Vietnam on Friday.

The 31-year-old was able to outmuscle the competition in the women’s 55kg division, winning the gold medal and defending her 2019 SEA Games title.

Diaz total lift of 206 kilograms, 114kg in the clean-and-jerk and 92kg in the snatch, was well shy of her Olympic gold total of 224kg, but it was enough to retain her title and hold off 2016 Rio de Janeiro gold medalist Sanikun Tanasan of Thailand.

Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 20, 2022 Thailand's Sanikun Tanasan celebrates on the podium after winning the silver medal in the women's 55kg REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Southeast Asian Games - Weightlifting - Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center, Hanoi, Vietnam - May 20, 2022 Thailand's Sanikun Tanasan celebrates on the podium after winning the silver medal in the women's 55kg REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

In the snatch, Sanikun set an SEA Games record with a lift of 93 kilograms. However Diaz was able to maintain her lead after a strong lift in the clean-and-jerk.

Natasya Beteyob of Indonesia was able to secure the bronze medal with a total lift of 188 kilograms - 84kg in snatch and 104kg in clean-and-jerk.

Diaz’s first place win runs the Philippine gold medal count to 42. Vietnam lead the medal table currently with a whopping 328 total medals, including 153 gold medals, followed by Thailand with 226 total, 62 golds and Indonesia with 44 golds.

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