Elreen Ando sets PH records in Paris Olympics weightlifting

Updated Thu, August 8, 2024 at 11:58 PM Published Thu, August 8, 2024 at 11:03 PM

Filipina weightlifter Elreen Ando finished sixth in the women's 59kg division at the Paris 2024 Olympics with a total personal best lift of 230kg.

She set new Philippine records in the clean and jerk (130kg) and total lift (230kg), surpassing her previous marks from the IWF World Cup.

Ando also matched her personal best in the snatch with 110kg, surpassing the previous national record of 100kg.

This performance is an improvement from her total lift of 222kg at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

China's Luo Shifang won the gold medal, setting new Olympic records with a snatch of 107kg, a clean and jerk of 134kg, and a total of 241kg.

Canada's Maude Charron took silver with 236kg, and Kuo Hsing-Chun of Chinese Taipei earned bronze with 235kg.

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