Olympics
Philippines Heralds Olympic Gold Winner Upon Return
Hidilyn Diaz celebrates after winning the Women's 55kg Weightlifting Group A match on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 26.
Photographer: An Lingjun/CHINASPORTS/VCG/Getty ImagesManila, Philippines (AP) -- The rewards, the citations and the nationwide parties are going to have to wait, for a week or so anyway.
Philippine weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, fresh from winning her country’s first Olympic gold medal in nearly a century at the Tokyo Games, arrived in Manila on Wednesday and was whisked off to a hotel for seven days of quarantine.