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Joey Villar - The Philippine Star
May 13, 2025 | 12:00am
Elreen Ando competes in the Asian Weightlifting Championships women's 64kg category at the Husnan Sports Park in Zhejiang, China on May 11, 2025.
PNA / Photo courtesy of Asian Weightlifting Federation
MANILA, Philippines — Two-time Olympian Elreen Ando showed why she’s the country’s best hope for another Olympic medal in weightlifting after she scooped up three silvers in the Asian Weightlifting Championships last Sunday in Zhejiang, China.
Ando, who competed in the 2021 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Games, lifted 102 kilograms in snatch and 130kg in clean and jerk for a total lift of 232kg, good for three silvers in the women’s 64kg division.
The Southeast Asian Games gold winner from Cebu valiantly battled a heavily favored Li Shuang of China but fell short as the latter swept all three golds with a total lift of 239kg from 105kg in snatch and 134kg in clean and jerk.
Korean Mun Minhee took the bronzes with a 214kg total, 94kg snatch and 120kg clean and jerk.
Ando’s haul hiked the country’s total to seven silvers and the same number of bronzes.
