Vanessa Sarno knew the gold medal in the Asian Championship was already in the bag right after her second attempt in the clean and jerk, and just like that, also announced her coming as the heir apparent to four-time Olympian and weightlifting heroine Hidilyn Diaz.
A 17-year-old from Tagbiliran City in Bohol, Sarno pushed the envelope in the women’s 71 kilogram final in Tashkent late Wednesday, winning with plenty to spare to become the reigning junior and senior champion of the region that speaks volumes of her potential to take over when Diaz calls it a career.Sarno ruled the Asian junior/youth tilt as a 15-year-old in 2019, just when she was learning the ropes of weig…
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