Pecante breaks Asian record
Written by Ms. Confuse on Saturday, May 17, 2008
The Philippine powerlifting team captured a total of 20 gold medals at the Asian Powerlifting Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Leading the charge for the RP team was world-record holder Elina “Lily” Pecante who powered her way to four gold medals. Pecante led the Philippine offensive with a sweep of all her events in the Women’s 90-kilogram Masters I class, winning the Asian Best Lifter award and smashing the Asian Masters record in the bench press with 275 pounds.
Pecante’s teammates Merly Medina (Women’s 56-kg Masters I class) and Tony Taguibao (Men’s 56-kg Masters II class) also bagged four gold medals.
The three were the most bemedaled powerlifters of the Philippine team that battled 15 other powerhouse teams from Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Oman, United Arab Emirates, India, Pakistan and host nation Uzbekistan.
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