Colombia and the United States, in men, advance in the medal table of the Pan American Weightlifting Championship | Other Sports | sports

Weightlifting selections from Colombia and the United States, in males; Mexico and the United States, In ladies, the first gold medals were hung at the opening of the Absolute Pan American Weightlifting Championship, that takes place in the volleyball coliseum of the Guayas Sports Federation, together with the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee (COE).

The men’s competition, 55-kilogram division, the Colombian Miguel Suárez delivered the gold medal to his country after lifting 107 kilos in the three attempts, while Winder Sánchez, from Venezuela, with 106, he finished second; and Joseph Poox, from Mexico, with 101, was third. The Ecuadorian Renny vargas, with 82 kilos, he finished in the sixth box; for his part in the clean and jerk, Suárez raised the bar at 137; Sánchez, 136; and Poox, 128; Vargas lifted 109 to finish fifth. In the Olympic total, Suárez completed 244, to seize the gold medal; Sánchez, reached 242, and the silver was hung; while Poox added 191, seizing the bronze medal; while the Ecuadorian Vargas completed 191 kilograms and finished sixth among six participants.

For his part, the American Hampton Morris he won the gold medal in the 61-kilo division, with 268 kilograms in the Olympic total; the brazilian Happy Thiago he obtained the silver medal with 267 in the sum of what he lifted in the snatch and clean and jerk; while the Mexican Victor Guemez He was third with 267, and by equaling with Thiago in the Olympic total, the Brazilian, being the first to achieve that record, reached silver. In this division the Ecuadorian Jesus Garrido he only reached 112 kilos and had no record in the clean and jerk.

In ladies

The Mexican Diana Chay he dominated the 45-kilo division after putting 70 kilograms, in three attempts, in the snatch and 87, in two starts, in the clean and jerk. In the Olympic total he reached 157 and took 4 kg from Rosielis Quintana, from Venezuela, who lifted 67 in snatch and 86 in clean and jerk, completing 153 in the Olympic total; the bronze medal went to the Mexican woman Viviana Muñoz, who had 148 kilos in the Olympic total.

In the 49-pound division, ladies, the American Hayley Reichard he seized the gold medal by lifting 83 kg in snatch and putting 103 kg in clean and jerk, completing 187 in the Olympic total. The silver medal went to Dahiana ortiz, from the Dominican Republic, who added 182; while Maddison Pannell, from the United States, the bronze medal was hung with 177. In this series, the Ecuadorian Allison Vallejo he participated in group B and completed 148 kg. (D)