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Hidilyn Diaz formalizes Tokyo Olympics stint

Hidilyn Diaz formalizes Tokyo Olympics stint

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Apr 18, 2021 08:35 PM PHT

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Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz formally secured her spot in the Tokyo Olympics after competing in the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Sunday afternoon.

The event is Diaz's sixth Olympic qualifying event, completing her requirements for a spot in the Tokyo Games.

Diaz is competing in the Olympics for the fourth time in her glittering career, having made her debut in 2008 in Beijing. She also played in London in 2012, and won silver in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Diaz would have secured her spot in March 2020 but the COVID-19 pandemic forced a stop to virtually all sports last year. The weightlifter has spent the past year in Malaysia, where she has continued training with her team.

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Diaz is now the seventh Filipino athlete to clinch a ticket to the Tokyo Games, joining boxers Eumir Marcial, Irish Magno, Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam, gymnast Caloy Yulo, and pole vaulter EJ Obiena.

Aside from Diaz, there are eight other Filipino weightlifters in the Asian event -- 2020 IWF Online Youth World Cup gold medalist Vanessa Sarno, Roma World Cup podium finisher John Fabuar Ceniza, 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Kristel Macrohon, Elreen Ann Ando, Mary Flor Diaz, Margaret Colonia, John Dexter Tabique, and Elien Rose Perez.


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Marcos orders creation of task force for PH hosting of FIVB Worlds

Marcos orders creation of task force for PH hosting of FIVB Worlds

Kennedy Caacbay,

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Feb 13, 2025 08:27 PM PHT

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MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has ordered the creation of an inter-agency task force that would coordinate for the country's hosting of the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.

The Administrative Order 30, which was released on Tuesday and was signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin for Marcos, directs several government agencies chaired by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to help prepare and organize the 32-nation championship event hosted through the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) set for September 12 to 28.

The PSC will be the task force secretariat, and 17 different government bodies — Departments of Tourism, Budget and Management, Education, Trade and Industry, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Health, Information and Communication Technology, Interior and Local Government, Public Works and Highways and Transportation, as well as the Commission on Higher Education, Metro Manila Development Authority, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, Bureaus of Immigration and Customs and the Presidential Communications Office — would complete the task force.

The funding for the order's implementation “shall be charged against the existing appropriations of the respective agencies, subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations,” according to the AO.

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Meanwhile, the PNVF lauded Malacañang's directive through its chief, PNVF president Ramon Suzara. Presidential son Vinny Marcos is also the co-chair of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of this prestigious event.

Alas Pilipinas Men, participating in the world championship by virtue of hosting, are grouped in Pool A together with Iran, Egypt and Tunisia.

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