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Three gold to three athlete

For the first time since 2007, multiple women claimed a gold medal in this weight category in a single edition of the world championships. Never before, three different women claimed a gold medal in this weight category. BEGAJ Romela (ALB) won the Gold in the Snatch with 107kg, AHMED Sara Samir Elsayed Mohamed (EGY) won the Gold in the Clean and Jerk with 136kg while SOLIS ARBOLEDA Leidy Yessenia (COL) won the Gold in the Total with 239kg. SOLIS ARBOLEDA became the first athlete from South America to reach the world championships podium in this weight category. Snatch world champion Romela Begaj (ALB) became Albania's first ever world champion in women's weightlifting and Albania's second athlete to claim a world championships gold medal, after PAMPURI Ymez (ALB) who took the Press world title in the men's 60kg in 1972. ROGERS ended a 12-year Team USA women's world championship medal drought Sunday as she took all three bronze medals in the women's 69kg weight category. She became the first woman from USA to claim a medal since Cheryl Haworth (USA) claimed bronze in 2005 in the +75kg in 2005. Mattie made her first and second snatch attempts of 101kg and 104kg. "That one felt really good," Mattie said of her second attempt. "I felt like I could do a lot more, but couldn't." On her third attempt, Mattie tried to beat her own American Record Snatch of 106kg with 107kg but missed. Her second attempt of 104kg held up for a bronze

MAHMOUD Mohamed Ihab Youssef Ahmed (EGY) made it to the top

MAHMOUD Mohamed Ihab Youssef Ahmed (EGY) became the first World Champion from Africa in a men's event since 1984, when OROK Oliver (NGR) won Snatch gold in the 100kg category. Bronze Medallist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with the same Total of 361kg, the African athlete took away the Gold from Asia – winning the 77kg bodyweight category since 2011. Silver Medallist REJEPOV Rejepbay (TKM) ended 9kg behind. He won all three available medals. Seventeen-year-old Harrison MAURUS Harrison James (USA) set a new Youth World Record and six new American Records, bronze medals in the Snatch and Total ending Team USA men's 20-year long medal drought at the World Championships. In the snatch, Maurus went 2 for 3, lifting 150kg then 155kg. He missed his final attempt at 159 kg. In the clean & jerk, MAURUS made both of his attempts. He first lifted 187kg then 193kg, setting a new Youth World Record. Maurus broke his own Youth World Record record of 192kg that he set when he won the 2017 Youth World Championships April 8th in Bangkok, Thailand. "It's not only cool to get the medals, but to get into the history books," Maurus said. "It gives other athletes something to strive for. CAPTARI Dumitru (ROU) won Bronze in the Snatch but bombed out in the Clean and Jerk so couldn’t secure a

WON won

Won Jeongsik (KOR) became the first athlete from Korea to win a world title in the men's 69kg event. Prior to these world championships, Korea had won eight medals in this class but none were gold. Won was the first athlete to win the world title in both the Snatch and Total men's 69kg event since Liao Hui (CHN) in 2014. Doston Yoqubov (UZB) won the world title in the Clean & Jerk event, becoming the first athlete representing Uzbekistan to win a world title in another category than the men's 105kg. Yoqubov's previous best result was a seventh place in the Clean & Jerk event at the 2014 world championships. Korea and Uzbekistan became the sixth and seventh country to win a world title in a men's 69kg event. Bernardin Kingue Matam (FRA) claimed the bronze medal in the Total and the Clean & Jerk category - he was the second French athlete to win a medal in a men's 69kg event, after Vencelas Dabaya (FRA, G2-S1-B4). Tairat Bunsuk (THA, second in Total and Snatch) was the first athlete representing Thailand to win a medal in a men's 69kg event. Mirko Zanni (ITA) finished third in the Snatch event, becoming the first Italian athlete to win a medal in a men's event at the world championships since 1985. Then, Norberto Oberburger (ITA) won three medals in men's 110kg events. The two predicted medal winners CUMMINGS JR Clarence and BEN HNIA Karem (TUN) bombed out – first in the Clean and Jerk and second in the

European Gold for TOMA

European Champion TOMA Loredana-Elena (ROU) had an incredibly balanced competition here in Anaheim. After three good lifts in the Snatch, she took a 7kg advantage over the other competitions in the Women’s 63kg bodyweight category. As a surprise, the Silver Medallist in the Snatch came from B Group CHARRON Maude G (CAN) lifting 102kg. She had good chances to reach the podium as she came very close to the leading lifters – however missed the podium by 1kg. Bronze Medal went to RIVAS ORDONEZ Lina Marcela (COL) with only one successful lift at 101kg. RIVAS still managed to maintain her third place in the Clean and Jerk, and her Total of 225kg was enough for the Silver. The other Colombian lifter PEREZ TIGRERO Mercedes Isabel made it third with two 4th places. She lifted 101kg in the Snatch, only one successful Clean and Jerk at 124kg and secured a Total of 225kg just like RIVAS and 4th place WAMALUN Rattanawan

Rio Olympic Bronze Medallist defeated the reigning Olympic Champion

Bronze Medallist at the Rio 2016, KUO Hsing-Chun (TPE) lifted every weight with ease. Her three good lifts in the Snatch brought her a Silver Medal while her three good ones in the Clean and Jerk brought her victory and the World Champion title for her Total of 240kg. After a strong start with three good lifts in the Snatch (and lifting the same weight of 115kg as KUO), the Olympic Champion SRISURAT Sukanya (THA) got only a 6th place in the Clean and Jerk. Her Total still enabled her to end up second in the Total with 225kg – very far from KUO. Ranking 7th in the Snatch with only one successful attempt at 93kg ANDOH Mikiko (JPN) missed her Clean and Jerk attempt at 130kg giving the Bronze medal in the Total to KOHA Rebeka (LAT). Ranking 4th in Rio, the 2017 Junior World and European champion also had 6 good attempts and a Total of 222kg. ANDOH was awarded a Silver in the Clean and Jerk with 126kg while ESCOBAR GUERRERO Maria Alexandra (ECU) also won a medal – a Bronze

Olympic Champion TANASAN won in the 53kg

We were expecting to see an amazing battle between the Olympic Champion in the Women’s 48kg bodyweight category TANASAN Sopita (THA) and 53kg champion HSU Shu-Ching (TPE). After a strong start in the Snatch reaching 93kg, the Chinese Taipei lifter couldn’t secure a Total as she didn’t come out in the Clean and Jerk. TANASAN Sopita (THA) was the only athlete with three good lifts in the Snatch missing only her last attempt in the Clean and Jerk at 117kg. She lifted 10kg more than in Rio and got three Gold Medals (96kg-114kg-210kg). Silver Medallist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with a Total of 200kg, DIAZ Hidilyn (PHI) took over the Silver in the Clean and Jerk with 113kg and Bronze in the Total with 199kg. Following her Bronze in the Snatch, SHERMETOVA Kristina (TKM) had three good lifts in the Clean and Jerk and managed to grab the second place in the Total with