MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine national weightlifting team ended its campaign at the 2024 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships, taking home 25 medals, five of which were gold.
They also took home 10 silver and 10 bronze medals.
Aldrin Colonia and Jhodie Peralta won three gold medals combined. Colonia won the country’s first two gold medals in the men’s 49 kilogram youth division in the snatch (84 kg) and the total lift (184 kg), while Peralta got her gold medals in the women’s 55 kg youth division through the snatch (84 kg) and the total lift (184 kg).
Both of them each had a silver medal in their respective events, with Peralta at the clean and jerk and Colonia at the snatch, losing out the gold to fellow Filipino Eron Bores, who lifted at 97 kg, but did not finish the event.
Meanwhile, at the men’s 55 kg youth division, Prince Keil Delos Santos captured three silver medals across all categories, lifting 110 kg in the snatch and 132 kg in the clean and jerk, with a total of 242 kg.
Delos Santos also clinched three bronze medals at the men’s 55 kg youth division, lifting the same exact numbers he had in the youth division.
In the women’s 40 kg youth division, Althea Bacaro won two silver and a bronze, lifting at 55 kg in the snatch to take silver and 73 kg in the clean and jerk for bronze, enough for a total lift of 128 kg to give her the silver medal.
Other medalists at the event were Rosalinda Faustino (2 bronze medals, women’s 49 kg youth division), Alexsandra Ann Diaz (2 bronze medals, women’s 45 kg youth division), Princess Jay Ann Diaz (bronze in snatch, women’s 40 kg youth division), Rose Jean Ramos (silver in snatch, women’s 45 kg junior division), and Angeline Colonia (1 bronze, 1 silver, women’s 45 kg junior division).
The 2024 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships took place from December 19-25 in Doha, Qatar.
