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    Vanessa Sarno eyes golden double at Asian Championships, SEA Games

    Teen lifter raises the bar
    May 2, 2023
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    BEFORE her Southeast Asian Games title defense, Vanessa Sarno is set to compete in the 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships from May 3 to 13 in Jinju, South Korea.

    The 19-year old will be looking to replicate her performance in the Asian Championship form two years ago where she captured two gold and one silver medal in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

    She then proceeds to Phnom Penh, Cambodia where she will look to win her second straight gold medal in the 71kg division of the SEA Games weightlifting tilt which will be held from May 13 to 16 at the Taekwondo Hall Olympic Complex.

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    The Bohol native bagged the gold medals in the total and clean and jerk, while taking the silver in the snatch in 2021.

    In Hanoi last year, Sarno captured one of the two gold medals of the Philippine weightlifting team in the SEA Games by ruling the 71kg class with a lift of 239 kilograms, a Games record.

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      Hidilyn Diaz also claimed the title last year in the 55kg division but opted to skip the Cambodia tilt to focus on her Olympic title defense in the 2024 Paris Games.

      Diaz will also be competing in the Asian championships in Korea.

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