Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 14) – Cebuano weightlifter Elreen Ando took home a gold medal for the Philippines while breaking three different records at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia.
The 24-year-old dominated the women’s 59 kilogram division by lifting a total of 216 kgs, a new record total.
She also set new SEA Games records in two lifts: the clean and jerk by lifting 118 kgs, and the snatch for hitting 98 kgs.
Ando, who placed seventh overall in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics -64kg weightlifting event, took home silver medals in the 2019 SEA Games in Manila and the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam.
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