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.
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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.
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6 April, 2021, 8:15 am
The IWF has sent amended qualification rules for Tokyo 2020 just two days before the European Championships are due to get underway ©Getty Images
(INSIDE THE GAMES) The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has sent amended qualifying rules for Tokyo 2020 to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) only two days before athletes return to the platform.
It has also moved the venue of the IWF Junior World Championships, announced the date of its all-important Constitutional Congress as June 30, and reversed an anti-doping rule change on the advice of the IOC.
The European Championships, the first “live” weightlifting competition and first Olympic qualifier in 13 months, begins in Moscow.