Sports icon Lydia de Vega dies after 4-year cancer battle
Sports icon Lydia de Vega dies after 4-year cancer battle
FAREWELL. Lydia Vega leaves a legendary sports career. (Stephanie Mercado-de Koenigswarte’s Facebook) page
‘She fought the very good fight and is now at peace,’ Stephanie ‘Paneng’ Mercado-de Koenigswarter announces the death of her mother and Asia’s former track queen Lydia de Vega
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine sports icon and track legend Lydia de Vega died on Wednesday, August 10, 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 “Paneng” Mercado-de Koenigswarter, said in a social media post late Wednesday.
One of the most decorated athletes in the country’s history, De Vega amassed 15 gold medals across multiple international competitions, including nine from the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games alone.
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