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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, M...

Friday, 23 April 2021 There was a rare sight at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent when the top two finishers in the men’s 96kg failed to match the top two Pan American lifters at the same weight. The concurrent championships are "gold" qualifiers for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and the Asians have generally outperformed everybody else - largely because China’s team is so strong. But in the 96kg Tian Tao, who tops the rankings, and the Iranian world record holder S...