Jhodie Peralta and Kirby Ken Alas-as delivered three more silver medals for Team Philippines at the IWF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia on Tuesday, July 7 (Philippine time). Peralta, a multiple medalist at last year’s Asian Youth Games, captured silver in the women’s 53-kilogram...
Another Diaz is making her mark on the international weightlifting stage as Alexsandra Diaz shattered youth world records in her weight class at the IWF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia on Monday, July 6 (Philippine time). The 15-year-old Diaz, niece of Philippines’ first Olympic gold...
Rising Filipino weightlifters hope to make another impact when they compete in the 2026 IWF World Youth Championships starting on Sunday, July 5, to July 11, in Cali, Colombia. Jhodie Peralta, who won a silver and a bronze at the Asian Youth Games last year in Bahrain, banner the squad where she...
Albert Ian Delos Santos immediately ran off the platform, hugged his mother and got a picture from her. At the podium, he proudly showed off his medals on his right hand and then held firmly the same picture on his left. The picture showed his late father, who died just two months ago due to liver...
The Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) is confident of discovering future champions and making them ready for a strong campaign in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. SWP president Monico Puentevella said Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo 's victory in Tokyo four years ago served as an inspiration for...
Jhodie Peralta added another medal in the Team Philippines’ war chest after scooping one bronze medal in the IWF World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Leon, Spain on Friday, Sept. 20. Jhodie Peralta,center. (IWF) Peralta posted 85 kilos for the third-best lift in snatch in the women’s...
Lovely Inan and Angeline Colonia delivered four gold medals for Team Philippines in the IWF World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Leon, Spain on Thursday, Sept. 19. Lovely Inan, left, and Angeline Colonia. (IWF) The 19-year-old Inan, a national champion from Angono, Rizal, compiled a total...
The Philippines is set to host the 2024 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships on Nov. 4 to 14 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila. Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas president Monico Puentevella, left, and Asian Weightlifting Federation secretary general Mohammed Ahmed Alharbi ...
Rosegie Ramos became the first Filipino weightlifter to book a 2024 Olympics spot and the seventh athlete so far to join the Paris mission after ruling her division in the IWF World Cup in Phuket, Thailand on Monday, April 1. The 20-year-old Ramos topped the women's 49-kilogram Group B class as she...
The Philippine weightlifting team went home empty-handed in the 2023 IWF World Championships after Vanessa Sarno and Kristel Macrohon failed to land a medal on Wednesday, Sept. 13, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Vanessa Sarno did not rank in her weight class due to injury in the world championships....
John Febuar Ceniza reset his own national record in snatch but came up short in his bid of a podium finish in the 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, Sept. 6. John Febuar Ceniza finishes fifth in the men's 61kg division of the 2023 IWF World...
Rosalinda Faustino bagged one gold and one silver medal to cap off the Philippines’ campaign in the IWF World Youth Championships in Durres, Albania Monday, March 27. *Rosalinda Faustino wins one gold and one silver in her weight division. (Photo from IWF) * The 15-year-old Faustino bounced back...
