By NIKOLE JAVIER
Olympic skateboarder Margielyn Didal is now engaged to her longtime girlfriend Jozel Manzanares.
The news came in Didal’s recent Instagram post during the couple’s anniversary which they celebrated at Soul Sierra in Cebu.
“Yes or YES ?!! Happy 8th Anniversary mybytch and cheers to our new Begingneng,” the post read.
The 23-year-old Dida made headlines prior to her 2020 Tokyo Games debut. Manzanares is Didal’s girlfriend of eight years.
Her post was met with congratulatory messages, one from fellow Olympian Hidilyn Diaz, and some others from international fans.
Didal has also begun her journey to the 2024 Paris Olympics after finishing 18th overall in the World Street Skateboard Championship in Rome, Italy.