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Pan Am Games weightlifting ended in Toronto

The Weightlifting competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, CAN come to end.

From the 6 countries winning Gold medal and 10 countries won medal, Colombia was the most successful with 8 Gold and 13 medals all together. They were followed by Venezuela winning 7 and Cuba 5.

Impressive strength was shown by almost all 118 competing athletes while men broke 14 and women broke 15 Pan Am Games records!

Women setting records:

KING Morghan Whitney USA
PIRON CANDELARIO Beatriz DOM
VASQUEZ HERNANDEZ Candida DOM
SEGURA SEGURA Ana Iris COL
VASQUEZ HERNANDEZ Candida DOM
VILLAR BARBOZA Rusmeris COL
SOLIS ARBOLEDA Leidy Yessenia

Men setting records:

DE LAS SALAS DE LA ROSA Habib COL
MOSQUERA LOZANO Luis J. COL
NUÑEZ Yadier CUB
HERNANDEZ Yoelmis CUB
REIS Fernando BRA

Check out the RESULT BOOK here.

Insidethegames story here.

Toronto 2015 news here.