MANILA, Philippines – Hidilyn Diaz poured all her energy as if it was the Tokyo Olympics as she blew away the competition to rule the 2020 Eleikja Email International Lifters Tournament done online Thursday night. Diaz, the 2016 Rio silver medalist, lifted 216 kilograms — 95 in the snatch and 121 in the clean and jerk — in her video entry she emailed to organizers to reign supreme in 59-kg division of the event that drew participants from 63 nations. While it was far from being the Tokyo tilt itself, the online event, which was organized and sponsored by weightlifting equipment manufacturer Eleiko, would suffice as it somehow showed Diaz’s current form. The 2018 Asian Games silver medal winner is actually a heartbeat — one competition — away from sealing a slot to Tokyo as she is currently No. 2 technically since the first three are Chinese and only one per country can compete — in the 55kg class of the 10 per weight category who will be chosen.

Source: Philippine Star July 31, 2020 02:48 UTC