Ando lifts way to gold in 33rd SEA Games in Thailand
Filipino weightlifter Elreen Ando seizes the gold medal at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games women's 63kg class at the Chonburi Sports School in Thailand on Dec. 15, 2025. Ando hoisted 102kg in snatch and 127 in clean and jerk for a total 229 and her second SEA Games gold medal. The two-time Olympian ruled the 59kg class in Cambodia two years ago. Thi Thuy Tien Nguyen finished second to Ando and grabbed the silver with a total of 219kg, while Thai Thanaporn Saetia claimed the bronze with her 218.
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00:00Ah, ah, syempre, number one, ah, nagpapasalamat ako kay God, ah, binigay niya talaga yung pinag-pray ko na sana magiging another gold na naman tayo at makuha natin yung gold ngayon at syaka sobrang laki ng pasalamat ko talaga po, especially sa family ko, sa partner ko na pinaka-supportive po.
00:30Pero kung saing bawat mo kayo na parang, yun nga, may no-lift ka, ang sa lang yung kanilang maging tatulong laro?
00:37Ah, yung first attempt po, ah, parang, ah, nadala siguro sa, ano, sa, syempre, first attempt, mahirap talaga yung, ilift yung first attempt na, nandun lahat po, yung kaba, yung mga, ang dami mong iniisip na, paano mo siya ilift po,
00:56tapos yung sika natin po, parang, doon na ako bumubuhos na, sinabi ko sa sarili ko na, alam kong kaya, kaya ko to, tapos, binubuhat pa lang po sa training po.
01:09Ah, ano naman po, parang, pagdating sa plinender po, medyo malambot po siya, pero pinaglaban mo din pala, na, kailangan ko talaga kunin yung gold, para, may gold naman tayo.
01:29Ah, yes po, ang daming challenge po talaga, na, before kami nag-see games po, ah, galing kami Norwe po, naglaro kami ng World Championship,
01:49Tapos, after nang game po sa Norwe po, ah, sabak ulit kami sa training, dahil walang pahingan, kasi iniisip na rin, na, may stadiums pa, at saka, hindi madali po.
02:02So, what's, ah, coming up next, ah, for you after the SEA Games, ah, at least on the calendar for 2026?
02:29Ah, ano po, ah, next year po, ah, mag-refer po ako for, kung hindi po lipa yun, tapos,
02:39Okay naman po, okay naman, sir, maganda naman, o hindi naman po,
02:48Okay naman po, okay naman, sir, kasi wala pang labas na, ano po, wala pang labas na, wait for it.
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