CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu’s Olympic weightlifting pride Elreen Ando delivered in emphatic fashion, clinching the Philippines’ first weightlifting gold medal in the Southeast Asian Games on Monday, December 15, at the Chonburi Sports School. The 27-year-old lifter from Barangay Carreta in Cebu City topped the women’s 63-kilogram division with lifts of 98 kilograms in the snatch and 127 kilograms in the clean and jerk, for a winning total of 225. A varsity standout of the University of Cebu (UC) Webmasters, Ando secured the second SEA Games gold medal of her career, following her triumph in the 2023 Cambodia edition […]... Keep on reading: Elreen Ando rules SEA Games women's 63kg weightlifting class