Manila, May 1 -- The Philippines pocketed five gold medals on Thursday at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth and Junior World Championships in Lima, Peru.

Jay-R Colonia of Zamboanga City delivered two gold medals (clean and jerk, and total) and a silver (snatch) in the Youth men's 49kg. category in his first international competition.

Alexsandra Ann Diaz, also from Zamboanga City, dominated the Youth women's 45kg snatch and total and was third in the clean and jerk.

Cebuano Althea Bacaro added one more gold medal for Team Philippines after topping the snatch in the Youth women's 40kg category. She got the silver medal in total and the bronze in the clean and jerk.

Zamboanguena Angeline Colonia took the silver (snat...