Thursday evening, August 11, I happened
to watch in the news Olympian Silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz while she strode
slowly on her way out of NAIA. It took
only several seconds for me to join basking in her glory with her newly found
charisma and right in that instance she was mobbed like an “artista.”
She has been accorded a hero’s
welcome, totally unlike the kind given to “Villain” Vhon Tanto by General
Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa. The lady weightlifter,
an Air Force personnel, was swarmed by grateful greeters led by a group of
vultures also known as the media. Truly,
as they say, victory has many fathers, like a harlot’s son. And like a runaway drug lord or pusher,
defeat is an orphan.
It was written all over her determined
face, that video clip of Hidilyn’s winning moment says it all, to say the
least. It captured completely how she
summoned her last strength to the fullest for all the world to see she truly
gave her best.
We must be thankful she didn’t suffer
the fate of her young male counterpart from Armenia who twisted and broke his
20-year-old bone and elbow. It was a
heroic effort from him too, we saw what a true competitor would do, Olympic
medal is indeed worth the try, even at the expense of an arm or two.
After twenty years, I am so glad
there is a Hidilyn Diaz who managed to bring home the bacon in silver platter,
so to speak. The sweet part is, whom she
bested for the next best medal was no other than the Chinese, a fake country already
at its peak.
After twenty years, another unknown sports
hero saved the day for our athletes out of nowhere. After twenty years, someone simply showed up
in there to be our national pride redeemer.
Her homeplace must be so proud of its best product so far. For she put it in the Olympic map, making it likewise
a star.
And of all places, the graceful but
strong Hidilyn’s origin is Zamboanga City of the island of Mindanao, the
so-called Land Of Promise. So who says
nothing good has come out of Mindanao just yet?
Certainly, not my friend Zol, who would always find grace in war and
peace.
Centuries ago, Nathanael was told that
finally seen was Jesus of Nazareth Who was written about by Moses and the
prophets. And similar question had
Nathanael likewise been bluntly posited to Philip: “Can there any good thing come out of
Nazareth?” (John 1:46 KJV).
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