Some athletes are in a league of their own. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, 18-year-old American weightlifter Hampton Morris broke his own Junior World Record in the clean & jerk…again. Morris, a 61-kilogram competitor, locked out 163 kilograms (359.3 pounds) overhead during his session at the Junior Pan-American Weightlifting Championships in Lima, Peru. This lift...
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Weightlifter Mattie Rogers (76KG) Clean & Jerks 141 Kilograms For New Senior American Record
Mattie Rogers will not be denied when it comes to setting new bars of weightlifting excellence. On July 28, 2022, during the 2022 Pan-American Championships in Bogotá, Colombia, Rogers’ combination of overhead strength and leg power was displayed again. During the contest, the 76-kilogram weightlifter captured a 141-kilogram (310.8-pound) clean & jerk to set a...