DOHA, Qatar - USA Weightlifting had a competition to remember in Doha, Qatar. Through 10 days of competition, Hampton Morris (61 kg) set American senior and junior records in the clean & jerk and total, Olivia Reeves and Kate Vibert battled in a 71 kg session that ended with Vibert setting a five kg total personal record and Reeves shattering seven world records, and Mary Theisen-Lappen leapt into fifth on the +81kg Olympic Qualifying Rankings after lifting a personal snatch record and tying her clean & jerk American record.

Just two Olympic qualifying competitions remain: The continental championships (European Championships (Feb. 12-20) for Team USA), and the IWF World Cup (March 31-April 11).

Grand Prix II Full Results

IWF Doha Recap

Paris Olympic Qualifying Rankings

Olympic Qualifying Rankings top-10:

Men

61 kg: Hampton Morris, 10th, 292 kg

Women

49 kg: Jourdan Delacruz, 4th, 200 kg

59 kg: Taylor Wilkins, 10th, 221 kg

71 kg: Olivia Reeves, 2nd, 262 kg

81 kg: Mattie Rogers, ninth, 252 kg

+81 kg: Mary Theisen-Lappen, fifth, 283 kg

Morris Continues Growth & Dominance

Hampton Morris continues to be a force at 61 kg. The 19 year old from Marietta, Georgia, snatched 122 kg and clean & jerked 170 kg for a 292 total. Both his clean & jerk and total marks are American records at both the junior and senior level, and Morris now sits firmly at 10th in the OQR too, one kilogram ahead of Cuba’s Arley Calderon Licourt and equal with Vietnam’s Van Vinh Trinh. Morris collected clean & jerk bronze for his performance and finished fifth overall in the 61 kg standings. He now has 18 American records to his name across youth, junior and senior levels.

Morris mentioned in IWF day two and day three recaps

Doha Grand Prix Recap: Morris, Reeves, Vibert, Theisen-Lappen Shine, Climb Olympic Qualifying Rankings

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