THE Philippines continued to miss out on striking gold and have settled for four silver medals for now.
And five of those came from Rosegie Ramos and Fernando Agad, Jr.
Ms. Ramos, a 21-year-old World Championship bronze winner, raked in her share in the women’s 49-kilogram class in the lift (90kg), clean and jerk (107kg) and total lift (197kg) in the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Jiangshan, China over the weekend.
Thai Thanyathon Sukcharoen reigned supreme in the section with 200kg total lift.
Mr. Agad, for his part, snatched silver in clean and jerk (140kg) in the men’s 55kg division that was eventually topped by a mighty Chinese in Wang Weidong, who had a 145kg lift.
Wang later pocketed another mint in total where he had 265kg.
The country’s remaining hopes for a gold will now rely on two-time Olympian Elreen Ando in the women’s 64kg and veteran internationalist Vanessa Sarno in the women’s 71kg. — Joey Villar
