In order to show support and encouragement to the national hero, Philippine netizens launched crowdfunding on a crowdfunding website in the country on the 4th, planning to raise 10000 dollars (about 69000 yuan) for Dias.
Xinhua News Agency, Manila, June 4 (reporter Zheng Xin, Yuan Mengchen) The Philippine sports star and women’s 53kg weightlifting champion of the 2018 Asian Games, idylin Dias, recently appealed to the public, I hope I can get more financial support and strive to achieve the “zero breakthrough” of Philippine Olympic gold medal in Tokyo in 2020 “. To this end, Philippine netizens launched online crowdfunding on the 4th.
“I am going through a difficult period and I need financial support.” Dias publicly sent this message through personal social media on the evening of the 3rd. She, who won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, said: “I don’t know if it is appropriate to publicly appeal for financial support? I am a little uneasy, but I have tried my best to pursue the dream of winning the first Olympic gold medal for my country.”
Now 28 years old, she is currently preparing for the World National Championship of weightlifting and Southeast Asian Games in Manila in the second half of this year. Among them, the World Championship held in Pattaya, Thailand in September this year is an important qualifying match before the 2020 Olympic Games. If there is any mistake, the athlete who seems most promising to win gold for the country in Philippine Sports is likely to miss the Tokyo Olympics.
In order to show support and encouragement to the national hero, Philippine netizens started crowdfunding on a crowdfunding website in the country on the 4th, and planned to raise 10000 dollars (about 69000 yuan) for Dias. Funding, funding for her training, life and competition for a period of time in the future.
In fact, Philippine officials are also sparing no effort to support this weightlifting star. William Ramires, director of Philippine Sports Commission, said in an interview on the 4th that the Philippine government and sports authorities have been paying close attention to the recent situation of Dias, she will continue to support her to win a valuable Olympic gold medal for the Philippines.
The Philippine Sports Commission issued a statement on the 4th, saying that the biggest athlete subsidy they have received this year has been given to Dias. This fund worth 4.5 million Philippine pesos (about 600000 yuan) almost covers her training in China at the beginning of this year and the cost of participating in many world tours.
As the result of more than two months of training in China, Dias won three silver medals in women’s 55kg snatch, clean and jerk and total score in the Ningbo weightlifting Asian Championship in April this year.
The Philippines has not won an Olympic gold medal since it first participated in the Olympic Games in 1924.