Ando, Ceniza to compete in Asian Weightlifting Championships, SEA Games

Glendale G. Rosal 05/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuano weightlifters in Elreen Ando and John Febuar Ceniza will have a very busy month of May as they compete in two huge events. Ando and Ceniza, who are both from the University…

Borres, 15, of Cebu bags silver medal in weightlifting youth competition in Albania

03/26/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu has found a new weightlifting star in Eron Borres after earning a silver medal in the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth World Championships in Durres, Albania on Saturday, March 25, 2023. It…

Ando rules women’s 59 kg category; sets 125 kg PH record in clean and jerk

Glendale G. Rosal 02/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Olympian weightlifter Elreen Ando of Cebu City topped the women’s 59-kilogram category of last Friday’s Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) 2023 Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) qualifying tournament in Metro Manila.  The 24-year-old Ando…

Ando of Cebu, Hidilyn Diaz to meet in Asian Weightlifting Championships

Glendale G. Rosal 02/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu’s weightlifting ace Elreen Ando and Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz will face each other in the Asian Weightlifting Championships this May after major changes were imposed recently by the International Weightlifting Federation…

Ninos haul three gold medals in 2nd day of Batang Pinoy

Glendale G. Rosal 12/18/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Team Cebu City Niños hauled three gold medals in the second day of the Batang Pinoy National Championships in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.  The medal haul was headed by 15-year-old cyclist Chris Andreu…

Ando has a big chance of winning medal in world w’lifting tilt says coach

Glendale G. Rosal 12/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — National weightlifting coach Ramon Solis believes that his prized ward, Elreen Ando has a big chance of grabbing a podium finish in the 2022 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Bogota, Colombia.…

Cebuano weightlifters bag 4 golds in Tagbilaran nat’l championships

Glendale G. Rosal 08/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuano weightlifters flexed their winning form in the ongoing 2022 National Weightlifting Championships in Tagbilaran City, Bohol after hauling four gold medals. Headed by Olympian Elreen Ann Ando, Cebu’s bets bagged four gold…

Hidilyn Diaz, weightlifting icon, set to tie the knot with fiancé-coach in Baguio

Jewil Anne M. Tabiolo 07/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Tokyo Olympics weightlifting gold medalist, Hidilyn Diaz, is set to tie the knot with her fiance-coach, Julius Naranjo, on July 26 at the St. Ignatius Church in Baguio, a year after her historic…

Sarno bags weightlifting gold in record-breaking fashion

Glendale G. Rosal 05/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Boholana weightlifting sensation, Vanessa Sarno delivered the Philippine weightlifting team’s second gold medal on Saturday with record-breaking lifts in the women’s 71-kilogram category of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in Hanoi, Vietnam.…

Diaz bags gold in weightlifting again at SEA Games

Glendale G. Rosal 05/20/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The golden girl, Hidilyn Diaz secured the gold medal in the women’s 55-kilogram weightlifting event of the 31st Southeast Asian Games on Friday, May 20, 2022 at the Hanoi Sports Training and Competition…

Fernandez: 3rd place finish still doable if we work together

Glendale G. Rosal 05/20/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Team Philippines’ chef de mission Ramon “El Presidente” Fernandez believes that the remaining Filipino athletes vying in the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) are capable of bringing back the country to third overall…

Cebu’s Ando among PH athletes granted Olympic Solidarity scholarships by IOC

03/25/2022

Cebuana weightlifter Elreen Ando is among seven athletes of the Philippines who were granted Olympic Solidarity Scholarships (OSS) by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The 23-year Ando, who finished 7th in women’s weightlifting competition in the Tokyo…

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