PHUKET, Thailand (UPDATED) -- Filipina weightlifter Elreen Ando is headed to her second Olympics.

Ando, 25, secured her place in the Paris Olympics after a combined lift of 228kg in the 59kg weight division at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup in Phuket, Thailand on Wednesday.

She lifted 100kg in the snatch and 128kg in the clean-and-jerk.

"Sobrang saya ko, dahil nagawa ko lahat ng training ko," an ecstatic Ando said. "Ang daming kong na-sacrifice. Ang laki ng tiwala ko sa sarili ko. Naisip ko, nabuhat ko na ang 128kg sa training."

[I am so happy because all my training paid off. I made a lot of sacrifices, and I have a lot of confidence in myself. I told myself that I had already lifted 128kg in training.]

Ando's achievement means the end of the road for Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo, the Philippines' first ever Olympic gold medalist who was hoping to qualify for her fifth Summer Games.

Diaz-Naranjo was ranked higher than Ando entering the World Cup, but her combined lift of 224kg was surpassed by the rising Filipina lifter. A country may only send one athlete per weight class to the Olympic Games.

Diaz-Narajo lifted a total of 22kg in the World Cup -- 99kg in the snatch, and 123kg in the clean-and-jerk. Her total was two kilograms off her best lift, which she achieved in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in September 2023.

Despite failing to make her fifth Olympics, Diaz-Naranjo was grateful for the support she received in Thailand.

"Thank you for supporting me … I'm always grateful," said Diaz-Naranjo. "Even today, I'm grateful that I have true friends. Kahit manalo, matalo, nandiyan kayo. Maraming salamat sa prayers and support."

First to congratulate Ando were Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino and Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas President Monico Puentevella.

"Ang dami kong pinagdaanan," said Ando, who revealed that she did not go home to Cebu for four months while preparing for the World Cup -- not even for her mother's death anniversary last March 8.

She is now seeking to bring home a medal from Paris. "Ang goal ko sa Paris, gusto ko any color of medal," said Ando.

Ando, who previously competed in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, is the second lifter to qualify after John Ceniza. Another Filipina lifter, Rosegie Ramos, is still in contention for a place in the Paris Summer Games as well. 

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