An appetite for gold medals has become insatiable for young Filipino weightlifters after two more up-and-coming stars from Zamboanga City—Rosalinda Faustino and Rosegie Ramos.
AN appetite for gold medals has become insatiable for young Filipino weightlifters after two more up-and-coming stars from Zamboanga City—Rosalinda Faustino and Rosegie Ramos—added three gold medals each to the Philippine haul in the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships at the Uzbekistan Sports Complex in Tashkent.
Ramos, the elder sister of Rose Jean, also swept the junior women’s 49 kgs class to hike the Filipino weightlifters’ harvest to 12 gold medals on top of three silvers and two bronzes since the tournament started Sunday. Faustino lifted 71 kgs in the snatch, 90 kgs in clean and jerk for a total of 161 kgs. She beat Vietnamese Do Thi Ngoc Anh, who settled for silvers in the snatch and total lift . Thailand’s Thitapon Tika bagged the bronze medals in the clean and jerk and total .
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