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Mexican weightlifter triumphs at Weightlifting World Cup

Jennifer Cantú won gold at the International Weightlifting Federation World Cup in Fuzhou, China

Jennifer Cantú - Photo: Taken from the Mexican Olympic Committee's Twitter Account
25/02/2019 |12:29Newsroom |
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The Mexican weightlifter Jennifer Cantú won gold at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup in Fuzhou , China .

In total, Jennifer Cantú lifted 215 kilos , which made her the gold winner at the championship .

The Mexican weightlifter won this important competition, which grants her points for the Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo in 2020 .

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The process for the Olympic classification was divided into three stages : from November 2018 to April 31, 2019 ; from May 1 to October 31, 2019 , and November 1 to April 31, 2020 . Therefore, the weightlifters have to compete in each stage at least once and participate in six performances in total.

During each stage, there will be gold, silver, and bronze awards ; from those six participations performed by each athlete , they should win 2 gold medals , or at least one gold and one silver.

At the end of the process, the International Weightlifting Federation will assign each country the number of places it achieved.

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