Cebuana Olympian Elreen Ando easily bagged the gold medal in the women’s 64 kilogram division in the Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas National Championships in Bacolod City on Friday, July 14, 2023. CDNDigital
Elreen Ando in action during the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia. | Photo from the Philippine Team SEA Games
Ando, who was initially pitted against the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz in the ongoing national championships, lifted a total of 212kgs to rule the 64kgs open division. Ando etched a historic gold medal win in the 32nd SEAG by setting three new Philippine records in her gold medal lift in the 59kgs division, which totaled 216kgs.
However, both weightlifters decided to compete in different weight categories to bolster the Philippines’ chances of winning a medal in the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, later this year as the gold medalists in this national championships will represent the country in this quadrennial meet.
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