PH’s Vanessa Sarno captures three golds at India tourney

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Vanessa Sarno won gold in women" s="" and="" breaks="" her="" own="" record="" in="" snatch="" held="" at="" Olympic="" Stadium="" during="" the="" Southeast="" Asian="" Games="" Phnom="" Cambodia="" on="" May="" POC-PSC="" media="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/08/02/20230515-seagames-weightlifting-sarno-poc2.jpg"/><figcaption>Vanessa Sarno won gold in women&#x27;s 71kg and breaks her own record in snatch held at Olympic Stadium during the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 15, 2023.<em> POC-PSC Media/File.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Filipina weightlifter Vanessa Sarno captured three gold medals at the 2023 Asian Youth and Junior Championships in India on Wednesday.</p><p>Sarno was hailed as the champion of the women’s youth 71 kg class after topping the event by lifting a total of 216 kilos.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">GOLDEN GIRL VANESSA SARNO 🥇🥇🥇<br/><br/>Sarno wins 3 gold medals at the 2023 Asian Youth &amp; Junior Weightlifting Championships in India. She won her Snatch and Clean &amp; Jerk events, and emerged as the champion with the highest combined total.<br/><br/>In total, 🇵🇭 won 19 golds in this tournament <a href="https://t.co/Dh6YzXijkz">pic.twitter.com/Dh6YzXijkz</a></p>— Dyan Castillejo (@DYANCASTILLEJO) <a href="https://twitter.com/DYANCASTILLEJO/status/1686650942018723840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The 19-year-old did it by getting the gold at the snatch event after lifting 95 kilos, while also topping the clean &amp; jerk event after lifting 121 kilos.</p><p>Finishing behind the Bohol native was Phattharathida Wongsing of Thailand after she finished with 212 kilos, 92 kilos from Snatch, 120 from Clean &amp; Jerk.</p><p>Meanwhile, Sevinchoy Komilova of Uzbekistan got the bronze medal after finishing at 198 kilos. She finished with 88 kilos from Snatch and 110 from Clean &amp; Jerk.</p><p>Sarno’s victory, on the other hand, resulted in the country getting 19 gold medals in total. The Philippines will also bring home 10 silvers and four bronzes. </p>

Filipina weightlifter Vanessa Sarno captured three gold medals at the 2023 Asian Youth and Junior Championships in India on Wednesday.