Diaz unsure of return by end of April
Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz said her team is weighing all options as to when they will return to the country if and when the lockdown in the Philippines and Malaysia is lifted by the end of April..
Diaz and her team composed of Chinese mentor Kaiwen Gao, strength/condition coach Julius Naranjo and massage therapist Belen Bañas are in Kuala Lumpur since mid-February.
When the government of Malaysia announced its own lockdown in mid-March, Diaz was forced to vacate the Bukit Posa Training Camp and stay in an AirBnB in the capital city.
Diaz said that although the extended Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia would end on April 28, they still don’t know if they’ll be able to return to the country or extend their stay in KL.
“We don’t know yet,” said Diaz in a message to Manila Bulletin.
“Parehas naman na option (if to return home or stay) pero depende na din po sa situation siguro,” added the 28-year-old Diaz.
Though she is not in a training facility, Diaz said her two coaches are improvising for her to continue her lifting drills and exercises to keep her in shape.
“So far OK naman po dito basta nakakapag-training, kahit anong exercise pwede naman,” who posted several days ago on her Instagram her using two 6 gallons of water bottles as weights.
“Pero sana makabalik lang sa regular training,” she added.
Having been in KL for two months already, Diaz also aches to return home in Zamboanga City.
“Miss ko na ang family ko and also miss ko na si Hiro,” Diaz said, referring to her French bulldog.