Euphoric Philippines, Rewards Greet Olympic Gold Winner
The rewards, the citations and the nationwide parties are going to have to wait, for a week or so anyway.
Philippine weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, fresh from winning her country's first Olympic gold medal in nearly a century at the Tokyo Games, arrived in Manila on Wednesday and was whisked off to a hotel for seven days of quarantine.
"Gold at last!" read a banner at the airport as military personnel waved Phi