FANS get to relive the life story of Hidilyn Diaz in a television drama on Saturday.
The Filipina Olympic silver medalist will be portrayed by young star Jane Oineza in Maalaala Mo Kaya, the ABS-CBN show announced on its social media accounts on Thursday.
[See Showbiz far from her mind as Hidilyn Diaz's focus fixed on 2020 Tokyo Olympics]
The Philippines is celebrating the weightlifter’s exloits and now her life, two decades after Mansueto “Onyok” Velasco was featured in a film after bagging the light flyweight silver medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Diaz placed second to Hsu Shu Ching of Chinese Taipei in the Rio De Janeiro Olympics, ending a 20-year medal drought for the Philippines.
[See Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz ends 20-year PH medal drought after bagging silver in Rio Olympics]
Ngayong Sabado, tunghayan ang kwento ng 2016 Rio Olympics Silver Medalist na si Hidilyn Diaz. https://t.co/uiZ0vYsgRA #MMKHidilynDiaz #MMK25
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