2017 USA Weightlifting American Open Series I

Cortney Batchelor Sets New American Record Snatch!

Cortney Batchelor Sets New American Record Snatch!

Cortney Batchelor sets a new American Record snatch in the W53kg division with an 87kg lift at the 2017 USA Weightlifting American Open Series I.

Mar 18, 2017 by Armen Hammer
Cortney Batchelor Sets New American Record Snatch!
Cortney Batchelor (53kg) has just set a new American Record in the snatch with this 87kg/191lb snatch at the American Open Series 1:

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She had an epic night and was open about her experience on her own Instagram post:

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Batchelor competed at the Olympic Trials at Nationals 2016 and was contemplating retiring from the sport of weightlifting. Instead she moved to SoCal with Colin Burns to lift with Juggernaut and has been crushing it ever since. She even snatched 90kg/198lb in training just last week:

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