Gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz rallies behind Eumir Marcial in his quest for Olympic glory

While still basking in her achievement as the country's first Olympic gold medal, Hidilyn Diaz is not forgetting to cheer on her fellow Filipino athletes who are still in contention at the Tokyo Games.

The Filipina weightlifter took to Facebook on Sunday to show her support for Eumir Marcial, who entered the medal round of the men's middleweight boxing tournament in the Tokyo Olympics after knocking out Arman Darchinyan of Armenia in their quarterfinals clash.

The win assured the Filipino pug of at least a bronze medal but Diaz believes he can achieve more.

"Go Eumir! Congratulations," Diaz said in a video she posted just moments after Marcial's triumph. "Go for gold. Go, Team Pilipinas. Kaya natin ito. 'Di tayo susuko. Laban lang Pilipinas."

"Galing! Kababayan ko 'yan! Knockout! One round lang!" she added. "Thank God! Marami tayong maiuuwing medalya. So proud of you," she added.

Manny Pacquiao and the Malacañang have also congratulated Filipino boxer Eumir.

With Diaz' gold, and boxers Marcial and Nesthy Petecio already assured of at least a bronze and a silver, respectively, the Philippines now has three medals in the bag.

The three-medal tally has tied the feat of the Philippine contingent in the 1932 Los Angeles Games where Teofilo Yldefonso (swimming), Simeon Toribio (athletics), and Jose Villanueva (boxing) all bagged a bronze.

Eumir and Hidilyn are both Enlisted Personnel of the Philippine Air Force, who said before fighting that they will dedicate their battles to the victims of C-130 crash.

—Bea Micaller/Franchesca Viernes/JMB/MGP, GMA News