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Margielyn Didal
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'''Margielyn Didal''' is a Filipino skateboarder who won a gold medal in the women's street event at the [[2018 Asian Games]].
==Early life==
Didal was born on April 19, 1999 in [[Cebu City]].<ref name="agprof"></ref> Her mother is a kwek-kwek vendor while her father is a carpenter.<ref name=interaksyon>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Career==
Margielyn Didal became the first Filipino skateboarder to compete in the [[Street League Skateboarding]] when she participated in the SLS PRO Open in London, England. She also became the first Filipino of any gender to get invited to compete at the [[X Games]]. She participated in the 2018 X Games in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]] in the United States.<ref name="agprof"/>
Didal won the fourth gold for the [[Philippines at the 2018 Asian Games]]. In seven attempts Didal accumulated 30.4 points to win the gold while silver medalist Isa Kaye of Japan and bronze medalist Bunga Nyimas of Indonesia accumulated 25 and 19.8 points respectively.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She scored 14.2 points in her first two runs while she scored as high as 8.9 points in a single run.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In her Asian Games stint, she performed the backside 50/50, 360-degree flip out for the first time in a major competition.<ref name=nerves>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Following her achievement, she was named as the flag bearer of the Philippine delegation for the closing ceremony of the games.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> As a gold medalist in the Games she will be entitled to of bonuses, which she plans to use to help her family start a business.<ref name=nerves/>
Margielyn Didal, following her win, expressed her desire to remove stigma associated with skateboarding. She has narrated how she and her friends are apprehended by police officers and security guards when they are caught practicing in the streets and in abandoned areas as well as one account of being barred entry from a shopping mall due to her having a skateboard.<ref name=interaksyon/>
Cebu City Mayor [[Tommy Osmeña]] has also announced that his sister has pledged a donation to build a skate park at the South Road Properties within the city to raise awareness on her and the sport of skateboarding due to Didal's win.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==References==
==Early life==
Didal was born on April 19, 1999 in [[Cebu City]].<ref name="agprof"></ref> Her mother is a kwek-kwek vendor while her father is a carpenter.<ref name=interaksyon>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Career==
Margielyn Didal became the first Filipino skateboarder to compete in the [[Street League Skateboarding]] when she participated in the SLS PRO Open in London, England. She also became the first Filipino of any gender to get invited to compete at the [[X Games]]. She participated in the 2018 X Games in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]] in the United States.<ref name="agprof"/>
Didal won the fourth gold for the [[Philippines at the 2018 Asian Games]]. In seven attempts Didal accumulated 30.4 points to win the gold while silver medalist Isa Kaye of Japan and bronze medalist Bunga Nyimas of Indonesia accumulated 25 and 19.8 points respectively.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She scored 14.2 points in her first two runs while she scored as high as 8.9 points in a single run.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In her Asian Games stint, she performed the backside 50/50, 360-degree flip out for the first time in a major competition.<ref name=nerves>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Following her achievement, she was named as the flag bearer of the Philippine delegation for the closing ceremony of the games.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> As a gold medalist in the Games she will be entitled to of bonuses, which she plans to use to help her family start a business.<ref name=nerves/>
Margielyn Didal, following her win, expressed her desire to remove stigma associated with skateboarding. She has narrated how she and her friends are apprehended by police officers and security guards when they are caught practicing in the streets and in abandoned areas as well as one account of being barred entry from a shopping mall due to her having a skateboard.<ref name=interaksyon/>
Cebu City Mayor [[Tommy Osmeña]] has also announced that his sister has pledged a donation to build a skate park at the South Road Properties within the city to raise awareness on her and the sport of skateboarding due to Didal's win.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==References==
August 30, 2018 at 04:05PM
