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Philippine Star
Philippine Star
The Philippine Star February 7, 2022 | 12:00am It was a no-brainer. For giving joy to the country and providing its proudest sports moment in history, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz will be honored as the 2021 Athlete of the Year during the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night on March 14 at the grand ballroom of the Diamond Hotel. Diaz ended the Philippine’s long search for Olympic glory that spawned almost a century by bagging a breakthrough gold medal in the women’s 55 kg event of the Tokyo Olympiad. The exploit eventually snowballed in the Fi…