Two-time Olympian weightlifter Elreen Ann Ando is fast turning out as a legitimate medal contender for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The 26-year-old Cebu native showed a glimpse of her potential by copping a bronze in the women’s 63-kilogram class of the IWF World Championships in Forde, Norway Sunday.
The Southeast Asian Games gold winner and Asian Games bronze medalist lifted 131kg in the clean and jerk to claim the country’s first and only medal in Forde so far.
She missed a second bronze in the total to Colombian Yenny Sinisterra, who had identical 231kg lift but took it on tiebreaks, being the first one to reach that mark.
Sinisterra had only 128kg in clean and jerk but had 103kg in the snatch.
Ando, who had 100kg in snatch, wound up fourth.
North Korean Ri Suk swept all three golds with a 253kg total on 111kg in snatch and 142kg in clean and jerk.