Elreen Ando resets SEA Games record to cop gold medal in weightlifting

Filipino Olympian and weightlifter Elreen Ando reset the Southeast Asian Games record in the women's 59kg class to claim the gold medal in the biennial meet's 32nd edition in Cambodia on Sunday.

Ando lifted a total of 216 kg, with 98 kg from snatch and 118 from clean and jerk, all of which became new SEA Games records.

JUST IN: Elreen Ando cops the gold medal in women’s 59kg in weightlifting! @gmasportsph pic.twitter.com/jUH0SzhTXX

— Bea Micaller (@beamicallerrr) May 14, 2023

On Saturday, the Philippine team had three silver medals in the biennial meet.

—Bea Micaller/Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Integrated News