Margaret Colonia wins silver in weightlifting

Filipina weightlifter Margaret Colonia clinched silver in the 30th Southeast Asian Games weightlifting competition at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Tuesday.

Colonia nabbed silver in the women's 59kg event after a total lift of 189kg. Vietnam's Thi Duyen Huang captured gold after a 210kg output.

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Meanwhile, Putri Andriani of Indonesia settled for bronze after finishing with 177kg.

Meanwhile, Nestor Colonia snatched the bronze medal in the men's 67kg event after lifting 120kg in snatch and 167kg in clean and jerk for a total lift of 287kg.

Indonesia's Deni Deni captured gold, while Dinh Xuan Hoang of Vietnam settled for silver.

Weightlifting earlier gave the Philippines one gold and two bronze medals, courtesy of Olympian Hidilyn Diaz, Mary Flor Diaz and John Fabruar Ceniza. — LA, GMA News