Lydia de Vega

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Philippine sports icon Lydia de Vega-Mercado passed away on Wednesday after her battle with breast cancer. MANILA Philippines Track and field legend Lydia de Vega-Mercado is in very critical condition due to complications brought about by.

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. Regarded during the 1980s as the fastest female runner on the Asian continent she won gold in the 100-meter. MANILA Philippines Philippine sports lost a legend as athletics icon Lydia de Vega died on Wednesday August 11 after a four-year cancer battle. In a social media post on Wednesday July 20 de Vegas daughter Stephanie Paneng Mercado-de Koenigswarter said that her 57-year-old mother one of the countrys biggest sports legends is in very critical condition.

She was considered Asias fastest woman in the 1980s Lydia de Vega the former Asian sprint queen succumbed to breast cancer Wednesday after a four-year fight with the dreaded disease. MANILA - Track legend Lydia de Vega - once hailed as Asias fastest woman and one of the Philippines most decorated and beloved athletes - has died after a four-year battle with breast cancer. The family of former Asian sprint champion Lydia de Vega appealed for prayers and support as she faces the greatest battle of her life.

In similar social media posts of daughter Stephanie and son-in-law David de Koenigswarter the track legends condition is worsening since her diagnosis in 2018. Once known as Asias fastest woman De Vega is in critical condition due to complications from breast cancer. Lydia de Vega the name that became synonymous with PT Usha in India in the 1980s died after a four-year battle with cancer late on Wednesday.

In paying tribute to Lydia de Vega following her death due to cancer some lawmakers said there is a need to support athletes even in their retirement recalling how the family of the Filipino. Lydia De Vegas age is 57. Its a closely guarded secret few know that she has been in Singapore since December 2005 and relishes imparting her regional championship-winning skills especially at the height of her running era in the 1980s when she was revered as Asias undisputed fastest woman.

Lydia De Vega Asias Sprint Queen 1987. The rivalry between the Payyoli Express. On behalf of our family it is with absolute grief that I announce the death of my mother Lydia De Vega.

As noted above a false start distracted De Vega from the task of breaking the Asian Record of Chi Cheng. The condition of former Asian track queen Lydia de Vega who has stage 4 cancer is quickly worsening says her daughter and former volleyball standout Paneng Mercado-de. Lydia De Vega was born on the 12th of December 1964.

LYDIA De Vega once Asias sprint queen and one of the greatest Filipino athletes of all time passed away due to cancer on WednesdayShe was 57. De Vega and English athlete Angela Bailey both competed in short-distance running events at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Lydia De Vega was born in Philippines on December 12 1964Regarded during the 1980s as the fastest female runner on the Asian continent she won gold in the 100-meter dash events at the New Delhi Asiad of 1982 and the Seoul Asiad of 1986 and went on to win the same event at three Southeast Asian Games in 198791 and 93 and two Asian Athletics.

De Vegas daughter Stephanie Mercado de. Track legend Lydia de Vega whos now stable but still in critical condition is back home in the Philippines continuing her fight against stage 4. Filipino track and field legend Lydia de Vega fondly known as Diay is in very critical condition as she battles stage four.

Dyan Castillejo has this storyThe World Tonight ANC July 21 2022. The family of Filipino track and field legend Lydia de Vega is asking for prayers and financial support as the star battles stage 4 breast cancer. She became the first to win back-to-back.

Her daughter former volleyball player Stephanie Mercado de Koenigswarter announced De Vegas passing. The family of Lydia de Vega-Mercado is requesting for prayers for the track legend who is in critical condition due to complications caused by her Stage 4 breast cancer condition. Once touted as Asias sprint queen De Vega.

Lydia de Vega Mercado born 26 December 1964 in Meycauayan Bulacan is a bemedalled track and field athlete considered as Asias fastest woman in 1980s for dominating the 100-meter and 200-meter dash events in the Asian track and field circuitShe was first acknowledged as Asias Sprint Queen when she won the gold medal in the 1982 Asian Games. De Vega continued her winning form with a Philippine and still standing SEA Record in the 100m at the SEA Games clocking 1128 and reclaimed the 200m title in 2357.

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