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[Title] => Hidilyn prioritizes weightlifting promotion over Asian Games, Olympic bids
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[Title] => After Palaro return, Hidilyn Diaz wants to integrate weightlifting with education
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[Title] => Delos Santos bucks injury, dad's passing with record lift at junior worlds
[Summary] => Showing great resolve and iron will, Albert Delos Santos overcame back injury and the recent passing of his father Alvin in copping a pair of gold medals and setting a new world junior clean and jerk record.
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[Title] => Ando powers Philippine weightlifting to first gold in 33rd SEA Games
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[Title] => Diaz misses SEA Games weightlifting podium
[Summary] => Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz fell short of a podium finish in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games, finishing fourth in the women’s 58 kilogram weightlifting event Sunday in Bangkok.
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[Title] => Filipina weightlifting icon Hidilyn Diaz grabs share of SEA Games spotlight
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[Title] => Ando lifts way to bronze in IWF World Championships
[Summary] => Two-time Olympian weightlifter Elreen Ann Ando is starting to become like someone she had envisioned herself to be — a legitimate medal contender in the 2028 edition of the quadrennial event in Los Angeles.
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[Title] => Hidilyn Diaz targets SEA Games stint, leads ‘Lift for a Cause’
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[Title] => Diaz proud sa paglago ng weightlifting
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[Title] => Hidilyn Diaz, PSC, DepEd, DBM join forces to boost weights training for students
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[Title] => Delos Santos bucks injury, dad's passing with record lift at junior worlds
[Summary] => Showing great resolve and iron will, Albert Delos Santos overcame back injury and the recent passing of his father Alvin in copping a pair of gold medals and setting a new world junior clean and jerk record.
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[Title] => Diaz misses SEA Games weightlifting podium
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