Laura Amaro totals 239kg and finishes 11th at the World Weightlifting Championships
Laura Amaro finished 11th in the under-77kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo with 239kg in the Olympic total. The bronze was 19kg away, with Egypt's Sara Ahmed lifting 258kg.
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Laura Amaro fechou a disputa da categoria até 77 kg no Mundial de Levantamento de Peso na 11ª posição. A competição foi realizada em Ningbo, na China, nesta quinta-feira (5), e a brasileira somou 239 kg no total olímpico: 103 kg no arranco, 136 kg no arremesso.
O bronze ficou a 19 kg de distância: a egípcia Sara Ahmed fechou o pódio com 258 kg. Já a décima posição era da mexicana Aremi Fuentes Zavala, com 241 kg — dois quilos à frente da brasileira.
Entre as inscritas do grupo A, Laura foi 17ª no arranco e sétima no arremesso, o que a deixou um quilo acima da sul-coreana Kim I-seul, 12ª do total com 238 kg.
No topo, as donas da casa dominaram. Yang Qiuxia levou o ouro com 265 kg (120 no arranco e 145 no arremesso) e Peng Cuiting levou a prata com 262 kg (126 + 136) — marca que virou recorde mundial do arranco na categoria. Sara Ahmed completou o pódio com 114 kg no arranco e 144 no arremesso.
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