MANILA, Philippines - Powerlifting sensation Patricia Llena broke three national records in the recent National Open Powerlifting Championships, including the women’s sub-junior, junior and Open, at the Robinson’s Mall in Otis, Manila.
Competing in the 60kg category, the 15-year-old Llena dominated the field as she set the sub-junior, junior and Open marks in the squat with a lift of 170.5kg.
Llena also made a lift of 77.5kg in the benchpress to establish the new sub-junior and junior records in the event conducted by the Powerlifting Association of the Philippines.
Llena also broke the deadlift record in the sub-junior, junior and Open events with a 175.7kg lift, the strongest lift by any Filipina powerlifter in the 60kg category. Both her squat and deadlift efforts, however, are unofficial Asian sub-junior records.
Llena thus shattered the 13-year-old RP Open records of veteran powerlifter Lily Pecante in the squat, deadlift and total. Pecante set the 60kg records in squat (160kg), deadlift (70kg) and total (400kg) in 1996 when she was 32 years old.