Zamboanga City reigns in Batang Pinoy boys’ U-12 weightlifting

Alberto Bacaro Jr. grabbed the only other gold in the boys U-12 weightlifting event, highlighting a 1-3 finish for Cebu City in a tight under-30 kilogram battle. (File photo: Yasunobu HIRAOKA/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

BAGUIO — Zamboanga City essentially ruled the boys’ under-12 weightlifting event of Batang Pinoy 2018 after taking three golds here on Tuesday.

Prince Tarro, Albert Delos Santos, and Christian Rodriguez captured the top spot for the Zamboanguenos as the said city, hometown of Olympic silver medalist and Asian Games gold medallist Hidilyn Diaz, already got into the gold medal board after only taking one silver as of 6 p.m. Monday.

Tarro beat Andrey Nonod of Quezon City in a one-on-one matchup in the under-34 kilogram category.

Tarro lifted a total of 86 kilograms compared to the 53 of Nonod.

Delos Santos, on the other hand, dominated the under-38 kilogram category, being the only weightlifter who breached the 100-kilogram mark by amassing 107 kilos against the 75-kilogram score of silver medalist Carl Paparon of Tagbilaran and the 52-kilogram total of bronze medallist Crimson Madiwo of Hungduan.

Rodriguez then won the over-38 kilogram category, topping the event with a 115-kilogram lift compared to the 100 kilograms of Cebu City’s June Padahag and the 70 kilograms of Hungduan’s Tristan Dag-O.

Alberto Bacaro Jr. grabbed the only other gold in the boys U-12 weightlifting event, highlighting a 1-3 finish for Cebu City in a tight under-30 kilogram battle.

Bacaro lifted a total of 72 kilograms, just a full kilo ahead of silver medalist Dave Pacaldo of Bohol and two kilos above fellow Cebuano Eron Borres, the eventual bronze medalist.