LIVE UPDATES: Team USA at the 2023 World Youth Championships

Logan Lockwood - 61kg
Snatch: 100kg 103 106x (10th)
Clean & Jerk: 120kg 126 131x (10th)
Total: 229kg (10th)

Gracie Rice - 55kg
Snatch: 61kg 63x 63 (20th)
Clean & Jerk: 79xkg 81 83x (20th)
Total: 142kg (20th)

Jordan Nantz - 55kg
Snatch: 63kg 66 68x (15th)
Clean & Jerk: 79kg 82 84x (17th)
Total: 148kg (18th)

Jade Morales - 49kg
Snatch: 65kg 68x 69x (8th)
Clean & Jerk: 83xkg 83 85x (5th)
Total: 148kg (6th)

Marena Morales - 49kg
Snatch: 62kg 65x 65 (9th)
Clean & Jerk: 81xkg 82x 82 (7th)
Total: 147kg (7th)

Ryan McDonald - 67kg
Snatch: 107kg 111x 111x (9th)
Clean & Jerk: 128kg 132 136 (7th)
Total: 243kg (8th)

Colin Manning - 73kg
Snatch: 108kg 112x 112x (7th)
Clean & Jerk: 128kg 132 135x (8th)
Total: 240kg (8th)

Ava Giorgi - 59kg
Snatch: 71kg 74 77 (11th)
Clean & Jerk: 89kg 92 95x (11th)
Total: 169kg (10th)

Emma Heck - 59kg
Snatch: 70kg 74 77 (10th)
Clean & Jerk: 93kg 97 97x (8th)
Total: 170kg (9th)

Kale Bunce - 81kg
Snatch: 110kg 114 118x (9th)
Clean & Jerk: 137xkg 137x 137x 
Total: --

Range Robinson - 89kg
Snatch: 106kg 110 115x (15th)
Clean & Jerk: 143xkg 143 147x (15th) 
Total: 253kg (15th)

Kyle Martin, Jr. - 89kg
Snatch: 122kg 128 132x (4th)
Clean & Jerk: 145kg 152 160 (5th) 
Total: 292kg (5th)

Kimberly Wiese - 71kg
Snatch: 71kg 74 -77 (12th)
Clean & Jerk: 92kg -96 -99 (12th)
Total: 166kg (13th)

Lillian Spry - 64kg
Snatch: 66xkg 66 70 (13th)
Clean & Jerk: 82kg -86 89 (13th)
Total: 159kg (13th)

Ella Nicholson - 76kg
Snatch: 95kg🇺🇸 98🇺🇸🌎 101🥇🇺🇸🌎 (1st)
Clean & Jerk: 114kg 117🇺🇸 121🥈🇺🇸🌎 (2nd)
Total: 222kg🥇🇺🇸🌎 (1st)

🇺🇸=New American Record
🌎=New Youth Pan American Record

Lawrence Hooper - 102kg
Snatch: 120xkg 120x 120 (14th)
Clean & Jerk: 148kg 153 -156 (11th)
Total: 270kg (13th)

Corey Robinson - 102kg
Snatch: 120kg 125x 126 (13th)
Clean & Jerk: 148kg 153 -156 (10th)
Total: 273kg (12th)

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Ella Nicholson (76kg, unattached) broke through Thursday for Team USA, winning the team's first medals of competition. She did it in record-breaking style. Nicholson went a perfect 6-for 6, ultimately setting six Youth American and four Youth Pan American Records and claiming the Youth World Champion title. 

Her opening snatch of 95kg broke a record held by Athena Schrijver set back in 2018. Nicholson broke her new record with a good 98kg snatch, and set a new youth Pan Am record in the lift. She then set another new youth American and Pan American record in snatch with a successful 101kg lift. Nicholson took gold in the snatch.

In the clean & jerk, after making a 114kg opener, Nicholson set a new youth American Record with a good 117kg lift. She then broke Schrijver's 2018 American record in the lift with a good 117kg lift. On her final attempt at 121kg, Nicholson broke the record again with a good 121kg lift. It also set a Youth Pan Am record. Her 121kg lift gave her silver in the clean & jerk. 

Nicholson's 222kg total gave her new Youth American and Youth Pan American records and the Youth World Champion title. Congratulations, Ella! 

Ella Nicholson - 76kg

Snatch: 95kg🇺🇸 98🇺🇸🌎 101🥇🇺🇸🌎 (1st)
Clean & Jerk: 114kg 117🇺🇸 121🥈🇺🇸🌎 (2nd)
Total: 222kg🥇🇺🇸🌎 (1st)
🇺🇸=New American Record
🌎=New Youth Pan American Record

 

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Team USA Weightlifting Announces Participation in the 2023 IWF World Youth Championships

Colorado Springs, CO - Team USA Weightlifting is proud to announce its participation in the 2023 IWF World Youth Championships. The competition is occurring in Durres, Albania, from March 25 to April 1, 2023—a total of 57 counties comprising 133 women and 135 men, totaling 268 athletes.

The 2023 IWF World Youth Championships features athletes from around the world, ages 17 and younger, vying to be the strongest Youth weightlifters.

USA Weightlifting is sending talented young athletes to compete in the event. The athletes representing USA Weightlifting in the 2023 IWF World Youth Championships are:

Leading the Youth World Team is Head Coach Sean Rigsby. Appointed team leaders are Chase Helton and Suzy Sanchez, and the Team is Doctor, Dr. Jennifer Payne.   

We are thrilled to be sending such a talented group of young athletes to compete, “said Matt Sicchio, USA Weightlifting Executive Director. "These athletes have worked incredibly hard to get here, and we have no doubt they will make us proud."

USA Weightlifting expresses its gratitude to all the coaches, family, and supporters who have helped make this journey possible for this group of young athletes. Go USA!

Live Video >> HERE

Replays >> HERE

Results >> HERE

Start Book, Training Schedule, Regulations >> HERE