Filipina Lifter Ends Country’s 20 year medal drought; Hsu Shu-ching wins women’s 53kg weightlifting at Rio Olympics

Rio De Janeiro — Hsu Shu-ching of Chinese Taipei won the gold medal of the women’s 53kg weightlifting with a total of 212kg at the Olympic Games here on Sunday.

Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines won the silver and the bronze went to Yoon Jin Hee of South Korea.

Diaz’s win ended the country’s 20-year Olympic medal drought. It is the country’s first medal in weightlifting.

The Philippines last snared an Olympic medal in the Atlanta Games in 1996 when Mansueto “Onyok” Velasco won silver in boxing. (PNA/Xinhua) JMC/SSC