PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte led a grateful nation in a “snappy salute” to Asian Games gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz as the soldier-weightlifter gave the basketball-mad nation a lift after a heartbreaking hoops loss to China.
Footage of the tearful Diaz, the silver medallist from the Rio Olympics, saluting the flag after Tuesday's victory brought goosebumps to Filipinos following the Indonesia event.
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