The national powerlifting team won 19 gold, 11 silver and three bronze medals in the 2017 Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship held at the Ramada Hotel activity hall in Alappuzha, Kerala in India.

Promising lifter Nicole Go led the charge of the squad by garnering four gold medals in the women’s 84+ kgs. junior category (squat, bench press, deadlift and total) while Leslie Evangelista also swept all the four gold medals (squat, bench press, deadlift and total) in the women’s 47 kgs. open division.

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