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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the Filipina weightlifting athlete who won a gold medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics?
A
Hidilyn Diaz
B
Margielyn Didal
C
Lydia De Vega
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hidilyn Francisco Diaz-Naranjo (Tagalog: [haɪdɪˈlin ˈdɪas naˈɾanho]; born February 20, 1991) is a Filipino World and Olympic champion weightlifter and airwoman, the first Filipino to ever win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hidilyn Diaz has become the first Olympic gold medalist from the Philippines after winning the women’s 55-kilogram weightlifting category. Diaz overtook LIAO Qiuyun of People’s Republic of China on her last lift in the clean and jerk to win with a total 224 kilograms, one more than Liao.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fares Elbakh won Qatar’s first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting, in the men’s 96kg. The 23-year-old shattered two Games records in the clean and jerk (225kg) and total lift (402kg).

Detailed explanation-4: -Diaz won the country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal after beating world record holder Liao Qiuyun of China in the weightlifting women’s 55kg event.

Detailed explanation-5: -Commonwealth Games 2022 weightlifting: Mirabai Chanu wins India’s first gold medal. The Tokyo 2020 silver medallist dominated the 49kg women’s division to successfully defend her CWG title at Birmingham 2022.

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