2018’s best, brightest take center stage

The top achievers of 2018, led by five female champions, gather on Tuesday night when the SMC-PSA (Philippine Sportswriters Association) Annual Awards honor them at the Centennial Hall of The Manila Hotel.

Olympian weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, skateboarder Margielyn Didal and the golf trio of Yuka Saso, Bianca Pagdanganan and Lois Kaye Go—all Asian Games winners—are the stars of the two-hour affair presented by Milo, Cignal TV, and Philippine Sports Commission as they share the Athlete of the Year award.

This marks the second time the 28-year-old Diaz, a silver medalist in the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics, will receive the highest honor given by the country’s oldest media organization.

Sports officials led by PSC Chair Butch Ramirez and Philippine Olympic Committee president Ricky Vargas will join the PSA, led by president Eduardo Catacutan of Spin.ph, in paying tribute to personalities and entities who did the country proud.

Olympian and multititled gymnast and taekwondo jin Bea Lucero-Lhuillier is the special guest and speaker.