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 Fame award on behalf of their mother. The siblings accepted the PSA's high honor for the two-time Olympian while also sharing the knowledge bestowed upon them by the Philippine sporting legend, who passed away last year after a battle with breast cancer. 'There are two things we learned from our mom, […] she always told us to be respectful and disciplined,' said Stephanie during the PSA Awards night on Monday at Diamond Hotel, Manila 'If you have a goal, if you're disciplined and you really want to reach that goal, you will do everything it takes to achieve it and we saw it in mom.
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