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Jhonaton Rivas Snatching at the 2018 World Championships

WL News | Coronavirus, Colombia’s Demise, and Moradi’s Final Push

The weightlifting news from this week (Feb 19th-26th) includes: The cancellation of silver tier Olympic qualifier East Asian Championships due to concerns of the spreading of the coronavirus Colombia’s three positives suggest the country’s removal from the 2020 Olympic Games The ousting of the president of the Pan American Weightlifting Federation, Willian Ozuna, due to …

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Oscar Figueroa

Oscar Figueroa Barred From Pan-American Championships

The 2016 Olympic Champion in the Men’s 62 kg category, Colombia’s Oscar Figueroa, has been told that he cannot compete at the upcoming Pan-American Weightlifting Championships due to a failure to register his whereabouts for anti-doping purposes. In addition to his gold from Rio, Figueroa also took silver in 2012. He has won the Pan-American …

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