“Filipino weightlifter Elreen Ando has clinched the country's first gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Aug 2024.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
The Philippines' first and second gold medals in this year's Olympics were secured by Carlos Edriel Yulo in men's artistic gymnastics on the vault and floor exercise.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 August 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 8 August 2024, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpTnU8caZe8
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