Weightlifting. Europeans: Lucrezia Magistris silver in 59 kg. Gold for one kg a la Tchakounte

Second medal after Giulia Imperio’s gold. The Pavese finished with 212 kg, overtaken by the French thanks to the exercise of momentum (117 to 114) after having closed the break in first place (98). Tomorrow the bronze medal from Tokyo Mirko Zanni in the new 73 kg category

Lucrezia Magistris is silver in the 59 kg at the European Championships in Tirana. After Giulia Imperio’s gold in the 49, comes the second medal for Italy in Albania. The blue lifted 212 kg, signing the best performance in the snatch (98 kg) and finding a momentum at 114. Only one error out of six lifts for the athlete from Pavia, the one found in the second attempt of the momentum when she failed the 113 kg.

Head to head

The race was a long challenge with the French Dora Tchakounte: the blue was better in the break, 98 kg in the third attempt against the 96 of the transalpine, who made the same route but failed the third lift, with the Greek Georgopoulou stops at 94. In the momentum the French dominates up to lift 117 kg while the blue stops at 114 and is therefore exceeded by only one kilo even in the total, while the Norwegian Andersson takes the bronze thanks to the 115 kg raised in the exercise. “I’m really happy – the blue said at the end of the match -. In the break it was necessary not to miss any test because the opponents were there, ready to overtake me; it was a good fight. She went like this too in the momentum, then unfortunately having missed the second lift, the opponents went on ”.

It’s up to Zanni

Tomorrow will be the day of Mirko Zanni, Olympic bronze medal. climbed from the 69 kg category that saw him on the podium in Tokyo to the 73 kg category, scheduled for Paris 2024.

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