The winner of the Philippines' very first Olympic gold medal has returned to a euphoric country.
Weightlifter, High-duh-lynn Diaz won a long-awaited gold on Monday.
But it didn't come without political struggles.
Al Jazeera's Jamela Alin-dogan reports from Manila.

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