Macrohon delivers three bronze medals at Asian weightlifting tourney
At A Glance
- Kristel Macrohon collected three bronze medals for Team Philippines in the 2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Jiangshan, China on Tuesday, May 13.
Kristel Macrohon collected three bronze medals for Team Philippines in the 2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Jiangshan, China on Tuesday, May 13.
Macrohon posted a total lift of 236 kilos in the women’s 71kg class to finish behind eventual gold medalist Song Kuk Hyang of North Korea and Yang Qiuxia of China. Song outclassed the eight-player field with a dominating total lift of 276 kilos, while Yang registered 262 kilos.
Macrohon claimed her first bronze in the snatch after lifting 105 kilos on her third attempt, trailing Yang (122 kilos) and Song (121 kilos).
She stumbled on her first attempt of 127 kilos in clean & jerk, but managed to post 131 kilos to finish behind Song (155 kilos) and Yang (140 kilos).
The PH team finished its campaign with seven silver and three bronze medals. Rosegie Ramos collected three silver in the women’s 49kgs, Fernando Agad Jr. bagged one silver in men’s 55kgs, and another three silver from Olympian Elreen Ando in the women’s 64kg.
It, however, put the Filipinos at ninth place in the overall medal tally with host China leading the field with 23 gold, 11 silver and 11 bronze medals, followed by North Korea with nine gold and three silver.
Southeast Asian rival Thailand is at third with three gold and three silver medals, followed by Indonesia (3-2-2), Iran (3-1-1), South Korea (2-6-8), Vietnam (2-3-5) and Chinese Taipei (0-8-5).