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On 14 June 2022, the International Weightlifting Federation officially announced the new weight categories for Paris 2024, with the total medal count reducing from fourteen to ten. Among the weightlifting medal events, the 61 and 73 kg categories for men and the 49 and 59 kg for women remain present from Tokyo 2020. The following list is the ...
2 April 2024 Clean & Jerk Hampton Morris (USA) 176 kg: Phuket, Thailand: 2 April 2024 Total Li Fabin (CHN) 318 kg: Pattaya, Thailand: 19 September 2019 Olympic Record: Snatch: Olympic Standard: 142 kg — 1 November 2018 Clean & Jerk Li Fabin 172 kg: Tokyo, Japan: 25 July 2021 Total Li Fabin 313 kg: Tokyo, Japan: 25 July 2021
Estonia's Mart Seim and Bahrain's Gor Minasyan returns after 2016, having missed out the Tokyo Olympics, while Egypt's Abdelrahman El-Sayed, aged 35, makes first appearance after 16 years since Beijing 2008, which would be his last Olympics along with Czech's Kamil Kučera, 39, before their respective retirements.
The Paris Games will run through Aug. 11.
The last women's American weightlifter to win gold was Tara Nott-Cunningham at the 2000 Sydney Games. That was the first Olympics at which women's weightlifting was in competition.
The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running.
Gymnast Simone Biles has a well-earned day off Monday, but there’s plenty of Olympic action for fans to enjoy. Among the big events planned for Monday: The U.S. men’s gymnastics squad will be ...
6 April 2024 Clean & Jerk Karlos Nasar (BUL) 223 kg: Doha, Qatar: 10 December 2023 Total Li Dayin (CHN) 396 kg: Jinju, South Korea: 10 May 2023 Olympic Record: Snatch: Olympic Standard: 180 kg — Clean & Jerk: Olympic Standard: 212 kg — Total: Olympic Standard: 390 kg —