It was a sweet victory — the second as a matter fact — for the family of Hidilyn Diaz, a local weightlifter, who won gold medal Tuesday in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.
Hidilyn, who also won a silver medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics, defeated Kristina Shermetova of Turkmenistan in the 53kg weightlifting division — the first gold for the Philippines.
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