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By Dante Navarro | The Philippine Star

SINGAPORE – Patricia Llena also ended up the way Jessie Lacuna finished in the swimming final – out of the medal race – as she wound up fifth in the girls’ 63-kg division in weightlifting in the first Youth Olympic Games at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall here last night. Read the rest of this entry »

Teenage lifter Patricia Llena became the first Filipino athlete, in an individual event, to qualify in the 1st Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore after scooping up three bronze medals in the recent Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Llena joins the RP Youth 3-on-3 boys’ basketball team, whose spot in the Singapore YOG was confirmed by FIBA, in the August 14 to 26 Games for athletes 17 years old and below. Read the rest of this entry »

With a generally lean built, Filipinos are not really known to possess tremendous strength. But in 2009, powerlifters proved that Pinoys can be “strong men and women,” scooping up top podium finishes in various tournaments around the world.

Patricia Llena lifts her way to three gold medals and a bronze in the 2009 World Sub-Junior and Junior Championships in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Read the rest of this entry »