Vanessa Sarno claims gold in weightlifting with new SEAG record

Filipina weightlifter Vanessa Sarno set a new record in the Southeast Asian Games on Monday en route to her gold medal in Cambodia.

Sarno lifted a total of 225kg in the women's 71kg, with 105kg from snatch, a new record, and 120kg in clean and jerk.

GOLD! Vanessa Sarno lifts 120kg in her first clean and jerk attempt to take home the gold medal in women’s 71kg @gmasportsph #SeaGames2023 pic.twitter.com/8wv324znAz

— Bea Micaller (@beamicallerrr) May 15, 2023

This is weightlifting's second gold medal and sixth overall in the biennial meet.

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