Abrahamson: Lydia Jacoby's Shocker Checking All the Boxes for Olympic Cinderella Story
By Zineb in Sports
Updated 3 years ago
TOKYO — Let's play Olympic bingo! Did you, following along at home, correctly predict that within 24 hours, these three things would happen:. 1. The Philippines, population 110 million, would — after being part of the Summer Games since 1924 — win its first gold medal! In, of all things, the 55-kilogram category women's weightlifting! "I sacrificed a lot," Hidilyn Diaz said, adding a moment later, "But God had a plan."