By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA
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.
The 15-year-old Faustino bounced back from a fourth-place finish in the women’s snatch (78kg) by capturing the clean and jerk gold medal with a lift of 100kg. That also enabled her to clinch the silver with a total lift of 178kg.
Colombia’s Gelen Yulieth Torres Gomez bagged the gold with a total lift of 182kg.
All Filipino lifters who took part in the event will go home with medals, assuring the country of a great future in the sport that produced the first Olympic gold medal courtesy of Hidilyn Diaz.
In all, the PH team harvested seven gold, four silver and one bronze medals.
Prince Kiel Delos Santos collected two golds in the men’s 49kg; Eron Borres went home with one gold, one silver and one bronze also in the men’s 49kg; Albert Ian Delos Santos grabbed two golds and one silver in the men’s 61kg; and Angeline Colonia pocketed one gold and one silver in the women’s 45kg.
Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas President Monico Puentevella hopes the success of the team would bolster the association’s grassroots program.
