Maude Charron has received one other medal for Canada in Olympic weightlifting, this time silver within the ladies’s 59-kg class on Thursday.
It’s Canada’s twentieth medal at Paris 2024.
Charron’s first try within the snatch portion was profitable at 101 kg after the Canadian wanted a few steps to get her footing. She then simply accomplished her different two lifts at 104 kg and 106 kg.
The Sainte-Luce, Que., native sat behind Luo Shifang of China after the snatch portion, the place she accomplished an Olympic document with a carry of 107 kg. The world document within the snatch class is 111 kg by Korean weightlifter Kim Il Gyong.
In her first try in the course of the clear and jerk, Charron began off at 126 kg after which accomplished the 130-kg carry. Sadly, she couldn’t full her third try at 132 kg and completed with a last rating of 236.
Charron received gold in Tokyo at 64 kg however needed to transfer all the way down to 59 kg after her weight class was faraway from the schedule. She captured bronze within the 59-kg weight class on the 2023 World Championships.
