Certainly one of the world’s great weightlifters wrote one other sterling chapter in her profession.
When American weightlifter Mattie Rogers sees a loaded barbell and a chance so as to add one other medal to her resume, she seldom misses. A two-time Senior Pan-American Champion — once within the 81-kilogram weight class in 2020 and once within the 76-kilogram class in 2022 — Rogers has built a status for incredible feats on lifting platforms. She painted one other sensible portrait in the course of the 2022 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships (WWC) in Bogotá, Colombia.
On Dec. 13, 2022, in the course of the 2022 IWF WWC, Rogers captured a 109-kilogram (240.3-pound) snatch and a 138-kilogram (304.2-pound) clean & jerk for a 247-kilogram (544.5-pound) total. The rostrum performance garnered Rogers silver medals within the 76-kilogram division on each figure. To not be ignored, Rogers also locked in a novel individual mark. By medaling on the Worlds once more, the athlete became the primary modern American weightlifter ever to notch a medal in five consecutive appearances.
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Rogers’ run of international excellence on this stage dates back to the 2017 IWF Worlds when she took home a snatch silver medal, a clean & jerk bronze medal, and a complete silver medal within the 69-kilogram weight class. After only notching a clean & jerk bronze medal on the 2018 iteration of the IFW Worlds, Rogers has now captured three medals in three consecutive World Championships since 2019. On the time of this writing, she is probably the most decorated lively American weightlifter at this international level, with 13 Senior medals since her Worlds debut in 2015.
Note: There was no 2020 edition of the IWF Worlds in order to not overlap with the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the identical yr. Those, nevertheless, can be postponed until Summer 2021 attributable to COVID-19 concerns.
Here’s an summary of the Women’s 76-kilogram podium on the 2022 IWF Worlds, featuring Rogers in second place:
2022 IWF World Weightlifting Championships | Women’s 76-Kilogram Podium
- First place — Sara Samir Ahmed (Egypt): 261-kilogram (575.4-pound) total | 113-kilogram (249.1-pound) snatch | 148-kilogram (326.3-pound) clean & jerk
- Second place — Mattie Rogers (United States): 247-kilogram (544.5-pound) total | 109-kilogram (240.3-pound) snatch | 138-kilogram (304.2-pound) clean & jerk
- Third place — Kim Su-hyeon (South Korea): 245-kilogram (540.1-pound) total | 108-kilogram (238.1-pound) snatch | 137-kilogram (302-pound) clean & jerk
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In a post on her Instagram, Rogers beamed with pride at her latest Worlds accomplishment. Because the weightlifter looked ahead to a probable transition to the 81-kilogram category moving forward — especially in qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games — she seemed appreciative of what she achieved as a 71-kilogram athlete.
“Fifth consecutive Worlds medals!” Rogers wrote. “Not my best day, but in addition not my worst, and silver is silver! I’m walking away, each bummed and proud. It’s at all times hard to be pleased with so many missed attempts on the stage, but I can’t be mad at my medal streak living on for yet another yr … Time to really bid farewell to the 76-kilogram category (for real this time) and carry on working. My favorite thing to do.”
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