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The move will allow athletes to train around their loved ones and reduce travel time.
Last updated on May 7th, 2021
The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo (occurring in 2021) will be bittersweet for athletes. In March, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that international spectators wouldn’t be allowed to attend. The news wasn’t a complete shock amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. Still, it was nonetheless disappointing as many competitors won’t have the support of their friends and family at an event that only takes place once every four years.
USA Weightlifting is taking matters into their own hands by moving their operations to Hawaii, a decision that will allow athletes to train around their coaches, friends, and family before shipping off to Tokyo. USAW announced the news in a press release on May 6, 2021.
The rescheduled 2020 Pan American Championships saw record after record fall.
Last updated on April 26th, 2021
The rescheduled Pan American Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, have come to a close. Over the course of the event,
15 Pan American records were broken. Team USA had an exceptional showing, raking in 40 medals, including 15 gold. Additionally, five different Team USA weightlifters set new American and/or Pan American records, including Cecily Kyle, Jourdan Delacruz, Mattie Rogers, CJ Cummings, and Taylor Turner Wilkins.
Colombia also had a stellar performance, winning the most medals of any country they walked away with 43 medals, 22 of which were gold. Lesman Paredes set three new Pan American records in the 102-kilogram class. Brayan Rodallegas scored a Pan American snatch record at 81-kilograms. Miguel Suárez hit a new Pan American clean & jerk record at 55-kilograms. In total, 11 different countries scored at least one medal.
Sunday, 18 April 2021
The women s 64 kilograms contest at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships, which start in the Dominican Republic tomorrow, highlights the improved performance of the United States and Canada throughout Olympic qualifying.
It also emphasises that the biggest losers at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are likely to be Colombia.
When qualifying was team-based for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the US sent a team of four and Canada two, while Colombia had nine, the second largest contingent behind China.
This time around the US is hoping for a maximum eight, while Canada is looking solid for four places according to Craig Walker, President of the Canadian Weightlifting Federation - and maybe more.
Wednesday, 7 April 2021
North Korea’s decision not to compete at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will have a bigger effect in weightlifting than in any other sport, judged by past performance and the current qualifying rankings.
Weightlifting is by some distance North Korea’s strongest sport at the Olympic Games.
In the past three Games in Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro, North Korean weightlifters have won five gold medals, four silvers and a bronze - one of the best records in the world.
In the current Olympic rankings North Korea features prominently in six of women’s categories and three men’s.