The newcomer from the United States, the weightlifter Celia Gold, set two new Israeli records tonight (between Tuesday and Wednesday) in her performance at the World Championships being held in Colombia.
The 24-year-old competitor weighing 76 kg, appeared for the first time in the blue and white uniform, and hopes to reach the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris 2024, achieved 96 kg in the swing style in her second attempt and failed in the last attempt, to swing 99 kg.
In the push style, the freshman Israeli achieved 118 kg in the second attempt, and raised it to 121 kg, which she also passed safely, thus breaking the previous record by 6 kg, which Nicole Rubanovich held in the league competition in Herzliya two years ago.
In battle 2, the total combination of results, in which the individual medal is also distributed in the Olympic Games, Gold achieved a result of 217 kg, an improvement of a single kilo, also by Rubanovich from 2020. This result also earned her 12th place overall in the championship, which will put her in the Olympic squad.
The new world champion is the Egyptian Sarah Ahmed, bronze medalist from the Rio 2016 Olympics, with a total of 261 kg.
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