By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA
Jhodie Peralta added another medal to the Team Philippines’ collection after scooping one bronze medal in the IWF World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Leon, Spain on Friday, Sept. 20.
Peralta posted 85 kilos for the third-best lift in snatch in the women’s 55kg division, finishing behind eventual gold medalist Chen Guan-Ling of Chinese Taipei (98 kilos) and silver winner Gelen Yulieth Torres Gomez of Colombia (89 kilos).
The Filipina bet, however, tumbled down to seventh in clean and jerk with a 102-kilo performance, eventually affecting her total where she landed fifth with 187 kilos.
Chen grabbed the gold with a total lift of 217 kilos after also topping clean and jerk (119 kilos), while Torres Gomez finished silver with 192 kilos.
Aleksandra Grigoryan of Armenia settled for bronze with a 191-kilo total after placing seventh in snatch (81 kilos) and silver in clean and jerk (110 kilos).
Meanwhile, Rosalinda Faustino failed in all attempts in the same weight class.
Overall, the Nationals have four gold medals and two bronzes courtesy of Lovely Inan and Angeline Colonia.
One more lifter is set to compete for the PH team with Albert Ian Delos Santos seeing action in men’s 67kg.
