Lydia de Vega became a track superstar in the Philippines at 18 years old. - THE NEW PAPER
MANILA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Track legend Lydia de Vega - once hailed as Asia's fastest woman and one of the Philippines' most decorated and beloved athletes - has died after a four-year battle with breast cancer. She was 57.
"She fought the very good fight and is now at peace," De Vega's daughter Stephanie de Koenigswarter said in a Twitter post late Wednesday (Aug 10).
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