Canada's Maude Charron wins bronze at weightlifting world championships
CBC Sports | Posted: December 10, 2022 6:55 AM | Last Updated: December 10, 2022
Olympic champ from Rimouski, Que., reaches podium in 59 kg weight class in Bogota
Canadian weightlifter Maude Charron added another medal to her impressive resume on Thursday, capturing bronze in the women's 59-kilogram weight class at the IWF weightlifting world championships in Bogota, Colombia.
The 29-year-old Olympic champion from Rimouski, Que., broke her own Canadian records by lifting 103 kg in the snatch and 128 kg in the clean and jerk for a 231 kg total.
Charron finished behind gold medallist Yenny Álvarez of Colombia (234 kg) and silver medallist Kuo Hsing-Chun of Taiwan (232 kg).
Charron won 64 kg gold at both the Tokyo Olympics last February and Commonwealth Games in August, but she had to move down a weight class after the women's 64 kg event was removed from the program for the Paris Games in 2024.
The world championships in Bogota marked her first major international competition in her new weight class.
Charron's snatch matched China's Luo Xiaomin for the top mark of the event, but she was ultimately bested in the clean and jerk by Álvarez and Hsing-Chun.
The world championships run through Dec. 16.
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