USA Weightlifting announces Tokyo 2020 training camp based in Hawaii Tuesday, 11 May 2021
USA Weightlifting (USAW) has announced plans to set up a training base in Hawaii to give its athletes the best possible preparation and support before and during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has invoked strict protocols for the Games, limiting the number of administrators, supplementary staff and athlete entourage that can attend the events in Japan.
The USAW Hawaii Strong Camp, powered by NBH Bank, will give athletes and their coaches the chance to train in a secure bubble with world-class support staff as well as giving friends and family the chance to be together to support the athletes.
USA Weightlifting announces Hawaii Olympic camp ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games 05/06/21
May 6 2021, Colorado Springs, USA – USA Weightlifting (USAW) has announced plans to set up a training base in Hawaii to give its athletes the best possible preparation and support before and during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee has invoked strict protocols for the Games, limiting the number of administrators, supplementary staff and athlete entourage that can attend the events in Japan.
The USAW Hawaii Strong Camp, powered by NBH Bank, will give athletes and their coaches the chance to train in a secure bubble with world-class support staff as well as giving friends and family the chance to be together to support the athletes.
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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.
Updated: 10:54 AM CDT Apr 25, 2021 Erin Beu Reporter Like so many athletes, Mattie Rogers was less than pleased last year when the Olympics were postponed. I mean, we all qualified and earned our spot, and then it was kind of taken back almost, Rogers said. So, I think we’re all in the same boat, almost. We’re tired; we’re exhausted; we’re upset. She looked much happier this year at the media summit.Rogers spent the first 12 years of her life doing gymnastics before transitioning into CrossFit at 17 years old and weightlifting competitively. “I was the alternate for the 2016 Olympics. So, I have been hanging since there, hoping to get another shot,” Rogers said.With fewer than 100 days to go until the postponed Olympic Games, Rogers reflects on what it took to get here. Weightlifting. We’re lucky to have kind of minimal weightlifting requirements, she said. So, if you can get your hands on a bar and some weights, you can do something