Santiago de Chile, October 23 (EFE). – The United States reached 41 gold medals today, Monday, in Santiago 2023, with the victory of Olivia Reeves, who won the 81-kilogram weightlifting category, which was held at the Chemco Gymnasium in Penalulin, in Chile. Chilean capital.
The 20-year-old American won the gold medal with a total weight of 258 kilograms (114-144), setting a new Pan American junior record, which had been held by Colombian Valeria Rivas since 2019 with 238 kilograms.
The silver medal went to Dominican Yudelina Mejia, one of the candidates, after she won the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador in the middle of the year.
With a total of 244 kilograms, achieved by the snatch of 111 kilograms and the clean and jerk of 133 kilograms, she surpassed Brazilian Laura Amaro, who won the bronze medal thanks to a total of 242 (110-132).
Other figures in this event include Venezuelan Diana Chirinos, who came in seventh place, while Ecuadorian Tamara Salazar, who won a 87-kg bronze medal in Lima 2019, was unable to compete after suffering a lower back injury during the warm-up that forced her to be transferred. An ambulance to the capital clinic.
Weightlifting tests began on Saturday and end on Tuesday, October 24. Evie
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