Puentevella: Golden aspirants, potential Olympians

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00:00 A personal witness of the heavy weightlifting of the Philippines' head, Monico Pontevella,

00:06 will be the one to support the Philippine team aspirants in the upcoming national championships.

00:12 Because of this, she has a good record for the upcoming international competition.

00:18 Kea Sunshor has the news.

00:20 250 lifters from different parts of the country

00:25 were selected for the National Weightlifting Championships 2023 held in Bacolod City, Camaylan.

00:31 According to the Philippine Weightlifting Association President, Monico Pontevella,

00:35 this is the largest number of participants in their participation in the National Selection Tournament.

00:40 Aside from the national team members,

00:42 which was led by 2020 Tokyo Olympic Gold Medalist, Haidyln Diaz,

00:46 promising national team aspirants also participated.

00:50 Even if Haidyln retires, there will be many, many more medals to come.

00:55 There are many kids now who are very, very good, just like I saw Haidyln when she was 12 years old.

01:02 They all performed well. There are many new golden aspirants, potential Olympians.

01:10 This tournament also served as a selection process and a tune-up competition

01:15 for the young lifters who will participate in the 2023 Asian Youth and Junior Championships

01:21 held from July 28 to August 5 in Noodle Hi, India.

01:25 Aside from the goal of winning the medal,

01:27 Pontevella will also travel to India to express his interest

01:31 to host the country in the next edition of the so-called Continental Tournament.

01:36 As I'm sure, we will win many gold medals there.

01:41 That's why I am going to bid an official bid to host next year.

01:47 I have been now for the Asian Junior Youth Championship.

01:52 I'm sure we will win many, many medals.

01:55 That's why I decided to bid in India for that hosting.

02:00 The most confident to participate here are Prince Karl de los Santos,

02:04 Aaron Bores, Angeline Colonia, Rosalinda Faustino and Albert Ian de los Santos.

02:09 They are the International Weightlifting Federation or IWF Youth World Championships gold medalists in March.

02:16 KSN Front TV Sport.