Weightlifter Elreen Ando dominated the women's 59kg class to win the gold in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games on Sunday at the Olympic Complex in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Ando notched the best lift in the snatch with 98 kilograms, before hoisting 118kgs in the clean and jerk in just one. This set her total lift at 216kgs which became the new record in the SEA Games.

Coming in at second place was Thailand's Suratwadee Yodsarn, who had a total lift of 206kgs, followed by Vietnam's Hoang Thi Duyan with a total lift of 205kgs.

The Filipina actually started the snatch at 92kgs, before following it up with a successful lift of 96kgs. She later made her best lift in the snatch at 98kgs, putting her at the top of the heap with a seven kg lead over her fiercest rival Yordsarn.

All she needed to do was to clear 118kgs in the clean and jerk to score the gold.

Ando's lifts were all new records, breaking the marks set by Vietnam's Hoàng Thị Duyên in 2019 and 2022. Hoàng held the old record of 96kg in snatch, 115kg in clean and jerk, and 210kg in the total lift.

This is the first SEA Games gold medal for Ando, who settled for silver while competing in the -64kg division in both the 2019 SEA Games in Manila and again last year in Hanoi.

Ando also competed for the Philippines in the Tokyo Olympics, placing seventh in the 64kg class.

Earlier, Rosalinda Faustino picked up a silver medal in the women's 55kg class of weightlifting.

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Faustino's total lift of 184kg was good for second behind Indonesia's Juliana Klarisa during the competition held Sunday.

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