By Leobert Julian A. de la Peña
One of the rising star weightlifters in the Philippines showed why she is a top prospect after impressing in the recently concluded Asian Weightlifting Championship.
Elreen Ando immediately impressed after setting foot in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and managed to collect two silver medals and one bronze medal.
The silver medalist during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games claimed her first second-place medal after lifting a total of 213 kilograms behind Chen Wen Huei’s 228-kg total lifted score.
Ando did not stop there and joined the clean and jerk category and scored the same silver medal after finishing with 119 behind Chen’s 128.
Lastly, the 22-year-old protégé settled for the bronze medal after scoring 94 in the snatch category with rival Chen finishing 100 who again took the gold medal honors.
Ando posted her brilliant Asian Weightlifting run a day after her mentor Hidilyn Diaz formally earned her spot in the upcoming 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
