The Philippine weightlifting won three gold, three silver and three bronze medals in the 2017 Asian Cup and Asian Inter-Club Weightlifting Championships being held at the Yongha Weightlifting Gymnasium in Yanggu County, Gangwon Province in South Korea.

Summer World University Games veteran Elien Rose Perez led the squad by claiming three gold medals in the women’s 53-kilogram division of the tournament sanctioned by the Asian Weightlifting Federation.

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