2018 Pan American Weightlifting Championships

Meanwhile in Dominican Republic …

It’s time for the 2018 Pan Ams in Santo Domingo.

Competition Dates: 14.05 – 18.05.2017

Highlights

Fernando Reis 201kg Snatch PR

@rreisfernando (+105kg, @hookgripbra) snatching a PR 201kg/443lb at the 2018 Pan Ams! This breaks his own senior Pan Am record set at the 2017 WWC.

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20 year-old Nathalia Llamosa (63kg, Colombia) Snatching 101kg

Arley Mendez 170kg Snatch + 211kg Clean & Jerk

Real time + slow mo of @arley_chileaful’s 211kg/465lb clean and jerk to set a senior Pan Am record in the 85s!

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2017 World Champion @arley_chileaful (85kg, @hkgrpchile) snatching 170kg/375lb to win snatch gold at the 2018 Pan Ams. The C&Js are happening now, tune into the Pan Am Weightlifting Federation YouTube (the name is in Spanish) to watch live! Better videos and slow mo to come later.

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Mattie Rogers Clean & jerking 130kg

@mattiecakesssss (69kg, @hookgripusa) clean and jerking 130kg/286lb to win the silver medal at the 2018 Pan Ams — her third year in a row in 2nd place at this meet. She was part of a USA female effort that managed to qualify a full team (6 athletes + 1 Dominican cat) for the Pan Am Games!

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Luis Garcia (56kg, Dominican Republic) clean and jerking 153kg

Luis Garcia (56kg, Dominican Republic) clean and jerking 153kg/337lb to win the 2018 Pan Ams in his home country! This is 2.73x his body weight! This is his first senior Pan Am win and it’s also an int’l competition PR.

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Antonio Vazquez (62kg, Mexico) PR of 171kg Clean & Jerk PR.

@tonio_vazquez62 (62kg, @hkgrpmexico) clean and jerking a competition PR of 171kg/377lb (2.76x bodyweight!) at the 2018 Pan Ams!

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CJ Cummings (69kg, USA) 144kg Snatch

@cj__cummings (69kg) snatching 144kg/317lb to set a junior and senior American record at the 2018 Pan Ams! He also won the snatch silver and is behind by just 1kg going into the C&J! Not to jinx anything but he has a good chance to win if he C&Js well. Check out the live stream on the Pan Am Federation YouTube channel, C&Js are happening now!

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