The perks of winning the Philippines’ first-ever Olympic gold have snowballed for Hidilyn Diaz.
Phoenix Petroleum is the latest firm to pledge incentives to the 30-year-old weightlifter behind a P5-million financial reward. Atty. Raymond Zorilla, senior vice president for external affairs of Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc., made the announcement on behalf of Phoenix Petroleum owner Dennis Uy a day after Diaz made history by copping the country’s very first Olympic gold after topping the women's 55kg event in the Tokyo Games.
“Phoenix through Siklab Atleta is giving Hidilyn Diaz P5 million and lifetime free fuel for winning the Olympic gold,” said Zorilla, who also acts as the Fuel Masters’ board of governor in the PBA.
Siklab Atleta is the sports foundation established by Uy in 2018. Its main goal is to help the country win its first-ever Olympic gold medal for the next two cycles starting with the Tokyo Games.
Earlier, Dr. Andrew Tan of Megaworld announced it is giving the Filipino weightlifter from Zamboanga a condominium unit in Eastwood City following her historic feat in the quadrennial meet. Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino has also promised Diaz a house and lot, while Century Properties said it will award Diaz a house and lot worth P4 million .
Diaz is also set to receive a gold Medal of Valor from the Philippine Sports Commission on top of the P10-million incentive from the government, P10 million from Ramon S. Ang, P10 million from Manny V. Pangilinan, P3 million from Mikee Romero, plus lifetime free flights from Air Asia.
NOTE: This article first appeared on SPIN.ph. Minor edits have been made by the Topgear.com.ph editors.
