Since winning the silver medal in the weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the 31-year-old Diaz has pushed for weightlifting to be added to Palarong Pambansa sports.
She claimed that weightlifting offers Filipino athletes a golden opportunity to win and that integrating it into the Palarong Pambansa will raise awareness among primary and secondary schools.
The largest gathering of student-athletes in the nation, the Palarong Pambansa, has been canceled owing to the COVID-19 outbreak.
In particular, the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines have been hotbeds of talent for coaches at the collegiate level to scout their upcoming stars.
Additionally, Diaz has pushed to add weightlifting to the collegiate leagues.
The UAAP and the NCAA are considering including the sport in the 85th season of the UAAP presidency. However, Fr. Aldrin Suan, CM, claimed they hadn't discussed it since they required input from their affiliate schools.(Romeo Braceros Jr.)
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