Fuentes wasn’t among the favorites for a medal at the start of the competition, but she made four of her six attempts to total 245kg, a far better effort than some of her rivals.
It’s the fourth medal for Mexico in weightlifting after the gold of Soraya Jiménez at the 2000 Sydney Games, the bronze of Damaris Aguirre in the 2008 Beijing Games and the bronze of Luz Acosta at the 2012 London Games.
Keydomar Vallenilla has lifted his way to an Olympic medal… The 21-year-old Venezuelan weightlifter won the silver in the men's 96 kg weightlifting event at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Vallenilla finished with a Snatch total of 177 and a Clean and Jerk total of 210, for a total of 387 kg. “I felt…
Crismery Santana is carrying her weight at this year’s Olympics… The 26-year-old Dominican weightlifter claimed the bronze medal in the women’s 87kg weightlifting competition at the 2020 Tokyo Games, becoming the first Dominican woman to get on the podium in an individual sport. Santana finished the…
It’s a déjà vu of sorts for Sarah Robles… The 33-year-old Mexican American weightlifter has claimed the bronze medal in the women’s +87kg weightlifting competition at the 2020 Tokyo Games, becoming the first U.S. woman to win two Olympic medals in weightlifting. Robles, known as “the strongest woman in America,”…