Vanessa Sarno shattered her own Philippine record after topping Group B in the IWF World Cup in Phuket, Thailand on Sunday, April 7. The 20-year-old Asian champion lifted 110 kilograms in snatch to eclipse her previous mark of 108kg set at the IWF World Cup in Doha, Qatar last year in the women’s...
Olympic hopeful Vanessa Sarno, competing with a hurting knee, finished a disappointing fifth in the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Vanessa Sarno was hurting her knee while competing in the Asian Weightlifting Championships. (File Photo) The...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) welcomed the approval on third and final reading of a bill establishing an LTO district office in the province of Bohol. LTO-7 Regional Director Glen Galario thanked Bohol Rep. Vanessa Aumentado for proposing House Bill No. 9652...
Vanessa Sarno mustered all her might but still came up short in her medal bid along with Kristel Macrohon in the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Grand Prix II in Doha, Qatar over the weekend. Sarno, a 2020 Asian Champion and two-time Southeast Asian Games gold medalist, missed the...
Vanessa Hudgens and Cole Tucker (Image courtesy of Vogue) Here comes the bride! After announcing her engagement earlier this year, Vanessa Hudgens stunned her fans as she walked down the aisle wearing a costumed Vera Wang wedding gown with professional baseball player Cole Tucker. Last...
HANGZHOU, China – Up against younger and stronger rivals, Tokyo Olympics champion Hidilyn Diaz was the first to flinch as rising star Kim Ilgyong of North Korea stole the limelight with record-shattering performance in the women’s 59-kilogram class on Monday, Oct. 2, in the...
Weightlifter Vanessa Sarno is widely regarded as the next big thing in Philippine sports – the heiress apparent to the legendary Hidilyn Diaz. Vanessa Sarno. (File/PSC-POC Photo) Her burgeoning collection of trophies and medals is enough to vouch her new-found status. But just how ready is Sarno...
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....
Vanessa Sarno proved why she’s being hailed as Philippine weightlifting’s next big thing after clinching three gold medals in the 2023 Asian Youth and Junior Championships in New Delhi, India on Wednesday, Aug. 2. *Vanessa Sarno manages to rule her weight class despite still recuperating from...
By MARK REY MONTEJO Gilas Pilipinas Women guard Vanessa De Jesus will miss the 2023-24 season with Duke University due to a knee injury, the school announced on Tuesday morning (Manila time), August 1. *Vanessa De Jesus. (FIBA photo)* The basketball program disclosed her injury but no further...
Gilas Pilipinas finished sixth in the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup after absorbing another narrow loss, this time at the hands of South Korea, 80-71, in the classification match at the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre in Australia on Saturday, July 1. *Afril Bernardino paces Gilas in another narrow...
A harsh thrashing at the hands of world No. 3 and host Australia in Gilas Pilipinas’ opening game in the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup couldn’t dampen the joy of its prize acquisition Vanessa de Jesus who was finally able to don the national tri-colors. *Vanessa De Jesus (right) says donning the...
