MANILA, Philippines—Stephanie Mercado-de Koenigswarter and Jonathan Mercado, children of the late Lydia De Vega-Mercado, received the Philippine Sportswriters' Association’s Hall of ...

On paper, she was still married to Mercado, father of their three children, including professional volleyball player Stephanie de Koenigswarter. Their 4-year-old son John Michael died in an automobile ...

Ms de Vega married engineer-entrepreneur Paul Mercado in 1990 and they had three children - including son John Michael who died in a car accident in February 2001 at the age of four.

Ms. De Vega-Mercado dominated track and field in the region in her prime, winning back-to-back Asian Games 100 meters gold medals in New Delhi 1982 and Seoul 1986, two 100 meters and two 200 meters ...

Lydia de Vega, who had multiple Asian sprint titles in the 1980s, has passed away. The Filipino legend, 57, succumbed to cancer on Wednesday. Her daughter, Stephanie Mercado-de Koenigswarter, made the ...

Lydia de Vega-Mercado, Asia’s sprint queen in the ’80s and one of the greatest Filipino athletes of all time, passed away due to breast cancer Wednesday night. She was 57.

(UPDATED) PRESIDENT Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. joined the entire nation in mourning the death of Filipina track-and-field legend Lydia de Vega-Mercado, 57, who lost her battle with cancer on ...

LAWMAKERS honor Asia’s sprint queen after she passed away on Wednesday. “Lydia de Vega-Mercado was one of the greatest and the most decorated Filipino athletes,” House Speaker and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand ...

Dubai sees 183% growth in international visitors Lydia de Vega-Mercado, considered Asia’s fastest woman in the 1980s, died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. She was 57.

PETALING JAYA: Filipino track star Lydia de Vega, dubbed the fastest woman in Asia in the 1980s, has died after a four-year battle with breast cancer. She was 57.

She was 57. Her daughter, former volleyball player Stephanie Mercado de Koenigswarter, announced De Vega's passing. "On behalf of our family, it is with absolute grief that I announce the death of my ...