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The clock is ticking. With only a little over a year to go before the 2024 Olympic Games kick off, the best weightlifters in the world continue to battle their way into — or be unseated from — the few precious slots for Paris. The 2023 International Weightlifting Federation‘s (IWF) Grand Prix I, which ran from June 8 to 18 in Havana, Cuba, shuffled the board yet again.
The IWF does not host Grand Prix events every year. 2023 contains two; the second of which will occur in early December. Both are official Paris 2024 qualification events. As such, the platform in Cuba was assaulted by high-caliber and, in some cases, world-record-shattering lifts.
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Here are the full podium results from the 2023 IWF Grand Prix weightlifting competition.
2023 IWF Grand Prix I Results
2023 IWF Grand Prix I | Men’s Results
Below are the men’s podium results from each competitive category at the 2023 IWF Grand Prix I. Note that the competition saw a high number of last-minute withdrawals, resulting in a low number of athletes competing in certain categories.
Note: The notation below reads as “Athlete Name (Country) — Total (Snatch/Clean & Jerk)”
55 Kilograms
Osmel Castillo Argote (CUB) — 222 (98/124)
Jose Fernando Ical Salazar (GUA) — 210 (95/115)
61 Kilograms
Ricko Saputra (INA) — 295 (134/161)
Hampton Morris (USA) — 290 (124/166)
Arley Lazaro Licourt Calderon (CUB) — 286 (125/161)
67 Kilograms
Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) — 321 (145/176)
Franciso Valencia Mosquera (COL) — 311 (136/175)
Sergio Massidda (ITA) — 300 (135/165)
73 Kilograms
Ryan Grimsland (USA) — 327 (145/182)
Furkan Muhammed Ozbek (TUR) — 324 (144/180)
Andrei Fralou (AIN) — 322 (141/181)
81 Kilograms
Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA) — 358 (156/202)
Gaygysyz Torayev (TKM) — 319 (144/175)
89 Kilograms
Petr Asayonak (AIN) — 368 (162/206)
Nathan Damron (USA) — 365 (165/200)
Rashid Mahmoud Safaa Aljumaili (IRQ) — 361 (161/200)
96 Kilograms
Pavel Khadasevich (AIN) — 373 (170/203)
Jose Luis Carpizo Lopez (MEX) — 341 (151/190)
Brandon Robert Jean Vautard (FRA) — 336 (140/196)
102 Kilograms
Yauheni Tsikhantsou (AIN) — 390 (178/212)
Wesley Kitts (USA) — 388 (177/211)
Po–Jen Chen (TPE) — 381 (173/208)
109 Kilograms
Yunseong Jin (KOR) — 361 (165/196)
Juan Saname Columbie (CUB) — 355 (160/195)
Moises Hernan Espinoza Viera (PER) — 345 (145/200)
+109 Kilograms
Ali Davoudi (IRI) — 441 (203/238)
David Liti (NZL) — 400 (174/226)
Tamas Kajoci (SRB) — 391 (175/216)
2023 IWF Grand Prix I | Women’s Results
These are the women’s podium results from each competitive category at the 2023 IWF Grand Prix I. Note that the competition saw a high number of last-minute withdrawals, resulting in a low number of athletes competing in certain categories.
The women’s division also contained the only new world record of the competition. Ecuador’s Angie Palacios Dajomes (71KG) snatched 121 kilograms, exceeding the previous record held by China’s Liao Guifang.
Note: The notation below reads as “Athlete Name (Country) — Total (Snatch/Clean & Jerk)”
45 Kilograms
Rosielis Coromoto Quintana Mendoza (VEN) — 159 (68/91)
Thala Fidelia Castillo Contreras (CUB) — 135 (60/75)
49 Kilograms
Beatriz Elizabeth Piron Candelario (DOM) — 191 (86/105)
Hayley Reichardt (USA) — 190 (83/107)
Dahnia Ortiz (DOM) — 188 (83/105)
55 Kilograms
Jourdan Delacruz (USA) — 195 (85/110)
Shoely Mabel Mego Contreras (PER) — 191 (87/104)
Josee Gallant (CAN) — 189 (86/103)
59 Kilograms
Janeth Gomez Valdivia (MEX) — 223 (98/125)
Taylor Wilkins (USA) — 221 (97/124)
Alina Shchapanava (AIN) — 215 (95/120)
64 Kilograms
Dziyana Maiseyevich (AIN) — 210 (94/116)
Maria Camila Lobon Viafara (COL) — 205 (90/115)
Jian Han (KOR) — 203 (94/109)
71 Kilograms
Angie Paola Palacios Dajomes (ECU) — 261 (121WR/140)
Valodzka Siuzanna (AIN) — 242 (108/134)
Olivia Reeves (USA) — 241 (108/133)
76 Kilograms
Katherine Vibert (USA) — 247 (110/137)
Bella Nancy Paredes Arreaga (ECU) — 245 (111/134)
Diana Laura Garcia Hernandez (MEX) — 228 (97/131)
81 Kilograms
Solfrid Koanda (NOR) — 266 (116/150)
Tamara Salazar Arce (ECU) — 265 (116/149)
Neisi Dajomes Barrera (ECU) — 260 (118/142)
87 Kilograms
Ying-Yuan Lo (TPE) — 235 (106/129)
Dayana Lucia Mina Torres (ECU) — 233 (103/130)
Elizabeth Caridad Reyes Entenza (CUB) — 229 (101/128)
+87 Kilograms
Mary Theisen-Lappen (USA) — 277 (119/158)
Sarah Robles (USA) — 276 (126/150)
Lisseth Betzaida Ayovi Cabezas (ECU) — 266 (116/150)
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