MANILA, Philippines — It is likely that Hidilyn Diaz won’t have her friends and family cheering for her when she aims for a historic gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics later this year.
Putting a premium on health and safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Tokyo Olympics organizers have barred foreign spectators from the sports spectacle.
“It’s sad because I have a lot of friends who would’ve wanted to come to cheer for me and see the most historical moment for the Philippines,” said Diaz in Filipino on the So She Did! podcast.
“We need to understand that we’re in the middle of a pandemic right now. Like what the IOC said, health first and the safety in Japan, the Japanese and th…
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