00:00 Elrin Ando, the National Weightlifting Champion,
00:04 will be one of the Paris Olympic slots next year.
00:08 Despite the heavy weight that awaits her
00:11 in the next qualifying tournament.
00:13 Here's the details of Kea Sunsok.
00:16 Elrin Ando, the 2023 Games Gold Medalist,
00:21 will continue to fight for her second Summer Olympics
00:25 in Paris next year.
00:27 She will prove it in her participation in the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships
00:32 that will be held from September 2 to 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
00:36 The Cebuan lifter will need to recover from this
00:40 from her medalist performance in the first two Olympic qualifiers.
00:44 I wasn't pressured because
00:48 I was thinking that I can also qualify for the Paris Olympics.
00:56 And for now, I'm also trying to win the World Championship
01:09 so I can qualify for the Olympic ranking.
01:15 Ando will be training in Cebu,
01:18 even though she's not physically with her coach, Gary Hotelano,
01:22 who just got back from a trip to Europe.
01:25 For now, I'm okay with my training
01:28 because the national coaches are here.
01:33 Our coach here in Cebu, Coach Borreros, is also looking after us.
01:41 Ando's support from national sports agencies for her Paris journey
01:46 was also not denied.
01:48 PSC and POC's support is amazing.
01:52 Our coaches and our president also supported us
01:58 to compete for qualifying.
02:01 Ando will compete in the 59kg category in the World Championships
02:06 against the 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist, Heideling Diaz.
02:11 KSN Sean, the TV score.
