TINIYAK ni Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas president Monico Puentevella na kasama si Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz sa Pinoy weightlifters na sasabak sa 31st Southeast Asian Games sa Hanoi, Vietnam sa Mayo 12-23.

Bubuhat din ang 2019 SEAG gold medalist na si Diaz sa ­women’s 55 kilogram category, habang ang kapwa gold ­medalist na si Kristel Macrohon ay sasabak sa women’s +71kg. Si silver medalists Elreen Ando sa ­women’s 64kg at Margaret Colonia sa women’s 59kg, habang ang bronze medalists na sina Mary Flor Diaz ay sa women’s 54kg at Nestor Colonia sa men’s 67kg.

Kasama rin sa listahan sa Vietnam sina Fernando Agad (men’s 55kg), Rowel D. Garcia (men’s 61kg), Lemon Denmark B. Tarro (men’s 73kg), John Kevin E. Padullo (men’s 89kg), John Dexter F. Tabique (men’s +89kg), Rosegie A. Ramos (women’s 49kg), at Asian Championships gold medalist Vanessa P. Sarno (women’s 71kg).

Ayon kay Puentevella, handa ang national lifters para SEA Games. “They started training last year pa in their respective ­provinces with the national coaches.”

TAKAHASHI BIBIDA
SA PH JUDO

ASAM nina Mariya Takahashi, Shugen Nakano at Philippine national judo team na humakot ng medalya sa darating na SEA Games.

Dedepensahan ni Nakano (men’s -66kg) ang kanyang titulo habang sisikapin ni Takahashi (mixed +70 kg) na maka-gold din sa biennial meet sa Vietnam.

Kasama nilang sasabak sina 2019 SEAG bronze ­medalists Keisei Nakano (men’s -73kg mixed team), Carl Dave Aseneta (mixed team +90kg), John Viron Ferrer (men’s -90kg at mixed team -90kg), Shin Matsumura (mixed team +90kg), Daryl John Mercado (men’s -55kg) at Bryn Quillotes (men’s -60kg, Goshin Jutsu Kata).

Khrizzie Pabulayan (women’s -52kg), Rena Furukawa ­(women’s -57kg at mixed team), Megumi Delgado (women’s -63kg at mixed team), at Jeanalane Lopez (women’s -45kg), pawang bronze medalists din sa 30th edition.

Kasama rin sa national judokas sina Alvin Mendoza (Goshin Jutsu Kata), Andrea Divina (Katame No Kata), Benedict Macale (men’s -73kg), Jed Mark Pumay (men’s -60kg), Jewel Ann Rafael

(Katame No Kata), ­Dylwynn Gimena (Katame No Kata at mixed team -70kg), Lea Lopez ­(women’s -45kg), Joemari-Heart Rafael (Katame No Kata), at Sean Panganiban (men’s -55kg). (ANN ENCARNACION)