Final up to date on December thirteenth, 2024
The 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Manama, Bahrain, from Dec. 6-15, 2024, has continued to blaze new pages within the file books earlier than new weight categories change into the norm in June 2025.
Ruk Si of North Korea, competing within the Ladies’s 64KG class, was amongst those that solid into new territory that nobody else in her weight class had beforehand gone earlier than. She scored the general gold medal, due to her world file whole of 246 kilograms, half of which comprised a 149-kilogram world file clear & jerk.
Ruk Si’s lifts will be seen within the video beneath, courtesy of the IWF’s Instagram web page:
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2024 IWF World Championships Outcomes — Ladies’s 76KG
- Hyang Kuk Music (PRK) — 116/148 — 264 — New Clear & Jerk & Whole World Data
- Miyareth Mendoza Carabali — 111/137 — 248
- Sarah Ovayioza Matthew — 110/135 — 245
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Ruk Si utilized a break up jerk throughout her world file clear & jerk. The barbell moved cleanly from the ground to the entrance rack place earlier than she regripped and arrange for the break up jerk.
The movement to press the barbell overhead appeared undisrupted, however there was a second the place onlookers might need thought the burden wouldn’t be stabilized overhead. These considerations had been washed away when Ruk Si demonstrated management of her physique and the barbell put up jerk with each toes aligned and regular.
As soon as the pinnacle decide gave the down command, white lights confirmed the carry. Ruk Si celebrated with a few fist pumps and a roar of triumph earlier than a humble bow to those that witnessed historical past.
The 2024 IWF World Championships conclude on Dec. 15, 2024. To date, the USA’s lone medal was achieved by Olivia Reeves, who earned gold within the Ladies’s 71KG class.
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Featured picture: @iwfnet on Instagram