CHONBURI, Thailand – Hidilyn Diaz finished fourth in the women’s 58kg division of the 33rd Southeast Asian Games weightlifting competitions on Sunday at the Chonburi Sports School. The Tokyo Olympics gold medalist had a total lift of 200…
CEBU CITY, Philippines– Cebuano weightlifting contender Fernando Agad landed fifth place in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games on Saturday, December 13, at Chonburi Sports School in Thailand. Competing in the men’s 60kg division, Agad, 23, battled through…
Three Cebuano weightlifters led by two-time Olympian Elreen Ando will headline the Philippine weightlifting team at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Bangkok, Thailand this December. …
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuano Olympian weightlifter John Febuar Ceniza has been handed a two-year suspension by the International Testing Agency (ITA) for violating Article 2.4 of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Anti-Doping Rules, a major setback…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuano weightlifter and future Olympian Fernando Agad Jr. settled for eighth place overall in the men’s 60-kilogram division of the ongoing International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Norway. Agad, a bronze medalist…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two-time Olympian Elreen Ando displayed an impressive performance in the 2025 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships held over the weekend in Forde, Norway. Ando secured the bronze medal in the women’s…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuana Olympian Elreen Ando has taken time to reflect on her journey in the 2024 Paris Olympics, a campaign that, while short of a medal finish, has strengthened her resolve to keep chasing…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuano weightlifter John Dexter Tabique leads a three-man Philippine squad in the Singapore Weightlifting Festival 2025, which takes place this Sunday, June 15. Tabique, a bronze medalist in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Even as a demonstration sport, weightlifting is making a strong comeback at the Palarong Pambansa 2025 in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte — and Cebu City is right at the heart of it. A…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Elreen Ando led the Philippine delegation with a silver-medal finish at the 2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Jiangshan, China, on Sunday, May 11. Competing in the women’s 64-kilogram division, Ando—also a Philippine…
CEBU CITY, Philippines– Young Cebuana weightlifter Althea Bacaro will plunge into her first world championship action tomorrow, April 30 (May 1 Philippine Time) in the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth and Junior World Championships in Lima, Peru.…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Central Visayas (Region 7) weightlifters flexed their dominance early in the 2025 Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) National Games, raking in a massive 21 gold medals at the start of the weightlifting competition…
