Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Filipino fastest woman, Lydia de Vega, has died of cancer. (Read More Here).
Taking to social media (Facebook), her daughter Stephanie Mercado announced the passing away of her mother, Lydia de Vega Mercado.
“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.
Ho has taken to her Twitter page to pen her tribute to Lydia de Vega. She wrote: “Sad news for PH sports
From daughter Steph Mercado: “On behalf of our family, it is with absolute grief that I announce the death of my mother, Lydia De Vega this evening, August 10, 2022, at the Makati Medical Center.
She fought the very good fight and is now at peace.”
She would go on to dominate the 200m event in the 1983 and 1987 SEA Games, and then rule the 100m in the 1987, 1991 and 1993 SEA Games.
Her time of 11.28 seconds in the 100m – clocked in 1987 – still stands as a SEA Games record.
CAUSE OF DEATH OF Lydia de Vega:
REST IN PEACE. Sprint queen Lydia de Vega, once regarded as Asia’s fastest woman, has passed away after her bout with breast cancer. She was 57.
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