ni Gerard Peter - @Sports | June 13, 2021
Magsisimula na ang daan at hakbang para sa mga hahalili at papalit kay 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz kasunod ng pagpasok ni 2019 Southeast Asian Games medalist Elreen Ando sa 2021 Tokyo Olympics bilang ika-11th na opisyal na atleta matapos makakuha ng Continental Quota ticket.
Makakasama ng 23-anyos na Cebu City native ang four-time Zamboangena Olympian para hanapin ang kauna-unahang gintong medalya ng Pilipinas sa pretihiyosong multi-sports event sa Tokyo, Japan simula Hulyo 24-Agosto 8.
Nakakulekta ng kabuuang 2634,9334 puntos si Ando para sa ika-12th place sa rankings ng International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) para makuha ang Asian Continental, kasama sina Nuray Levent ng Turkey mula sa Europa, Kianna Rose Elliott (Australia) sa Oceania, Chaima Rahmouni (Tunisia) ng Africa at Sema Nancy Ludrick Rivas (Nicaragua) ng Pan America.
“Our grassroots program has turned to be more fruitful and successful for our athletes as we bid for more athletes in the Paris Olympics in 2024,” pahayag ni Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas president Monico Puentevella sa panayam ng Bulgar Sports sa telepono. “We are very thankful to the Philippines Sports Commission (PSC), Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the MVP Foundation for the unending support to our athletes. This is a good start for our weightlifters as successor of Hidilyn in the years to come.”
Inamin ng 74-anyos na dati ring commissioner ng PSC na magiging malaking karanasan para kay Ando ang darating na Summer Olympic Games upang maging paghahanda nito kasama sina Vanessa Sarno, Kristel Macrohon, at Mary Flor Diaz at Margaret Colonia na naging bunga ng pagpupursige at pagtitiyaga ng national sports association (NSA) na hubugin at palakasin ang mga atleta para sa kinabukasan ng weightlifting sa Pilipinas.“This will be a huge experience for Elreen as we prepare for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. I’m not expecting her to win a medal in Tokyo."
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