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OLYMPIC champion Hidilyn Diaz won’t compete in next month’s weightlifting world championships in Tashkent citing her lack of preparation. “I only trained for one week and even weeks of preparation won’t be enough,” Diaz told BusinessMirror over the phone from Malacca, Malaysia, on Tuesday. “The soreness is there…sad to say that we cannot go on.” Diaz won the country’s first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo last July, ruling—and setting two Games records—the women’s 55-kg category. The historic win gifted Diaz millions in cash and material incentives and numerous commercial endorsements and televisi…