Tabique sets new PR amidst punching incident at weightlifting Nat’l Open

Glendale G. Rosal 06/14/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) bronze medalist and Philippine record holder John Dexter Tabique reset his personal record in the men’s 96-kilogram category in the finale of the 2024 National Weightlifting Championships on Friday,…

Three Paris-bound Olympic lifters ready — national coach

Glendale G. Rosal 06/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — National weightlifting coach Antonio Agustin Jr. is optimistic that one of the three Olympic weightlifters will bring home a medal in the upcoming Paris Olympics next month. Agustin Jr., one of the national…

Nat’l Weightlifting Open unwraps this Sunday

Glendal G. Rosal 06/08/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The much-awaited 2024 National Weightlifting Open will start on Sunday, June 9, at the  SM Seaside City Cebu. According to Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) President Monico Puentevella, they are expecting over 300 weightlifters…

Puentevella lauds Cebu’s rise in weightlifting

Glendale G. Rosal 05/30/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines—- Well-known sportsman and Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) president Monico Puentevella lauded Cebu’s sudden climb in the sport after producing two Olympians bound for the Paris Olympics later this year. During his visit to…

National Weightlifting Open to invade Cebu in June

Glendale G. Rosal 05/29/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City will be the epicenter of the Philippines biggest weightlifting tilt— the National Weightlifting Open scheduled from June 9 to 15 at the SM Seaside City Cebu. It’s been five years since…

Boholana w’lifter Vanessa Sarno qualifies for Paris Olympics

Glendale G. Rosal 04/09/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Boholana weightlifter Vanessa Sarno qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics after finishing a strong fifth in the women’s 71-kilogram division of the 2024 International Weightlifting (IWF) World Cup-Olympic Qualifiers in Phuket, Thailand on…

Ramon Solis: Proud coach of 2 Paris-bound Cebuano weightlifters

Glendale G. Rosal 04/05/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — You can’t blame former Olympian and seasoned weightlifting coach Ramon Solis to be feeling very proud and ecstatic happy these days. After all, Solis just fulfilled his dream of producing Olympic weightlifters. This…

Ceniza is 3rd Cebuano weightlifter in history to qualify for the Olympics

Glendale G. Rosal 04/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — John Febuar Ceniza etched a historic milestone in his weightlifting career as the third Cebuano lifter who made it into the Olympics. The 25-year-old Cebuano served as the third one from Cebu to…

Ceniza guns for Paris Olympics slot in last remaining qualifiers in Thailand 

Glendale G. Rosal 02/13/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuano John Febuar Ceniza is among the four weightlifters who will attempt to qualify for the Paris Olympics through the last remaining qualifiers in Thailand in April. The 26-year-old Cebu City native is…

Cebu’s Elreen Ando bags two silver medals in Olympic qualifiers

Dale Rosal 02/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebuana Olympian Elreen Ando claimed two silver medals in the women’s 59-kilogram division of the ongoing 2024 Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) Asian Championships-Olympic Qualifiers on Monday, February 5, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.  Ando, who was accompanied…

PHL’s slim weightlifting contingent starts Olympic qualifying meet in Uzbekistan on Sunday

Glendale G. Rosal 02/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lovely Inan and Rosegie Ramos will be the first two Filipina weightlifters from the Samahang Weightlifters ng Pilipinas (SWP) to take centerstage in the 2024 Asian Senior Weightlifting Championships-Olympic Qualifiers in Tashkent, Uzbekistan…

Ando spearheads PHL’s weightlifting team in AWF Olympic qualifiers in Uzbekistan

Glendal G. Rosal 02/01/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Five of the Philippines’ top weightlifting contenders, including Cebu’s Elreen Ando, are now in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to participate in the Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) Senior Championships and Paris Olympic qualifiers, scheduled from February 3…

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