(UPDATED) Olympian Elreen Ando delivered the Philippines' first medal in weightlifting in the 19th Asian Games on Monday night in Hangzhou, China.

Ando lifted 96kg in the snatch and 126kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 222kg -- good for third place in the women's 64kg weight class.

She was well ahead of the fourth placer, Kazakhstan's Karina Goricheva, who lifted a combined 210kg in the final at the Xiaoshan Sports Center Gymnasium.

But Ando was also far behind North Korea's Rim Unsim and China's Pei Xinyi, who won gold and silver, respectively.

Rim set a trifecta of Asian Games records by lifting 111kg in the snatch and 140kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 251kg. Her total was comfortably ahead of Pei, who lifted a combined 234kg (104kg in snatch, 130kg in clean and jerk).

Ando's bronze is the Philippines' eighth of the Asiad, bringing the country's total to ten medals. Her achievement came hours after Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz finished fourth in the women's 59kg weight class.

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For Ando, it was also a bounce-back performance after a poor stint in the Asian championships earlier this year.

"Nalungkot talaga ako noong nag-zero ako sa Asian championships. Nawala ang lungkot at napalitan ng saya dahil sa medalya na ito," she admitted.

"Gusto kong bigyan ng reward at birthday gift ang sarili ko dahil matagal ko na gustong magkabahay," said Ando, who is now set to receive a bonus of P500,000 from the Philippine Sports Commission.

She temporarily switched to 64kg in the Asiad and will revert to 59kg in an effort to continue her Olympic qualification bid for the next year’s Paris Olympics. She will clash head on with Diaz in the same weight category in a pair of world cup tournaments in Doha, Qatar in December and in Thailand in February.

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