25 year old USA Weightlifter Jourdan Delacruz just finished 3rd place overall at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in the 49kg category with a 88kg snatch and a 112 clean and jerk for a total of 200kg.
In fact, she was only 1 of 3 total women in her category to have a total of 200kg or more.
The Fight For 3rd Place
In a hard fought battle between Jourdan Delacruz, Mihaela Cambei, Zhihui Hou, and Huihua Jiang, Delacruz finished 4th in the snatch, behind Cambei and had to make up 2kg in order to pass Cambei for the overall 3rd place position.
Snatch
Delacruz missed her opening snatch attempt at 85kg, while Mihaela Cambei made her opener at 90kg.
With 5kg to make up already and no lift on the board, Delacruz had to execute her next 2 lifts if she wanted a chance at a medal.
Fortunately she made her 2nd attempt at 85kg as well as her 3rd attempt at 88kg, while Cambei missed her 2nd and 3rd attempt at 94kg.
Since both Hou and Jiang made their final snatches at 95kg, and Cambei hit 90kg, Delacruz took 4th place in the snatch.
Clean and Jerk
Once again in the competition Jourdan missed her opening lift, this time at 107kg.
After that she ended up hitting her 2nd attempt at 108kg and then making a massive jump to 112kg which gave her both the 3rd place in the clean and jerk, as well as the 3rd place overall in the total (200kg).
Cambei had multiple chances to overtake Delacruz, but unfortunately missed both her 2nd and her 3rd clean and jerk attempts at 108kg.
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Overall Results – 49kg Women (Group A)
Final results from the women’s 49kg weight category Group A
- JIANG Huihua (CHN): 215kg (Snatch: 95kg / Clean and Jerk: 120kg)
- HOU Zhuihui (CHN): 211kg (Snatch: 95kg / Clean and Jerk: 116kg)
- DELACRUZ Jourdan (USA): 200kg (Snatch: 88kg / Clean and Jerk: 112kg)
- KHAMBOU Surodchana (CAM): 196kg (Snatch: 87kg / Clean and Jerk: 109kg)
- CAMBEI Mihaela (ROU): 195kg (Snatch: 90kg / Clean and Jerk: 105kg)
- REICHARDT Hayley Marie (USA): 189kg (Snatch: 82kg / Clean and Jerk: 107kg)
- RAMOS Rosegie (PHI): 188kg (Snatch: 86kg / Clean and Jerk: 102kg)
- SUZUKI Rira (JPN): 187kg (Snatch: 80kg / Clean and Jerk: 107kg)
- LIN Cheng Jing (TPE): 186kg (Snatch: 82kg / Clean and Jerk: 104kg)
- FANG Wan-Ling (TPE): 185kg (Snatch: 80kg / Clean and Jerk: 105kg)
Summary
There are only 3 more opportunities to qualify for one of the top 10 spots at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, so athletes near the cut line are in a do or die position, but Jourdan Delacruz has put herself into a comfortable spot unless her country rival Hayley Reichardt can put up a bigger total than her by then.
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