Weightlifter Nicole Rubanovich set two new Israeli records this evening (Monday) in her performance at the World Weightlifting Championship held in Colombia.
The 24-year-old Rubanovich, who competes at 71 kg and is trying to reach the Olympic Games in Paris 2024, achieved 95 kg in the swing style in her second attempt and failed in her last attempt, to swing 98 kg.
In the push style, the Israeli started with 111 kg and was successful in her first attempt, after which she also successfully cleared 116 kg, in the last attempt, she tried to set 119 kg as well but did not succeed and settled here for a new Israeli record, an improvement of 1 kilo on her previous record The World Cup in Italy two years ago.
In the 2nd bar, the total combination of results, in which the medal is also distributed in the Olympic Games, Rubanovich achieved a result of 211 kg, an improvement of 5 kg, to the previous record, also from Italy 2020. Since the Israeli competed in the second group, only after the results of the team The senior, she will know her final ranking.
Rubanovich said after the competition: "I am very satisfied with the results I achieved tonight at the World Championship. I met the professional goals I set for myself - breaking the Israeli records which are the records I hold and this despite the difficulties of height and losing weight. I just finished the competition and I am already looking forward to the European Championships in April 2023 in Armenia. This is a significant and extremely important competition in obtaining the ticket to Paris 2024 and I am aiming for it."
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