The 2017 Junior World Championships are continuing and Team USA is still holding strong!
Juliana Riotto (75, USA) competed in the A session and came in 8th in the world with her 206kg total! Riotto went 4/6, with a 92kg/202lb snatch and a 114kg/251lb clean & jerk. Riotto is one of the 5 Team USA athletes representing Garage Strength at this years Junior Worlds!
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Neisi Dajomes (75, ECU) won her second world title with her 108kg/238lb snatch and 134/295lb clean and jerk, giving her a 242kg total.
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Dajomes won the title of 69kg Junior World Champion at last year’s Junior Worlds in Georgia. She moved up weight classes this year and added 12kg on to her total!
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Jessie Bradley (75, USA) competed in the A session at Junior Worlds, hitting a strong 120kg/265lb clean and jerk. While Bradley was unable to make any of her snatch attempts at 91kg/200lb, she managed to come back strong on clean and jerk hitting 112/116/120 and coming in 5th in the clean and jerk session!
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Fahrod Sobirov (94, UZB) swept gold at the 2017 Junior World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, snatching 180kg/397lb and clean and jerking 210kg/462lb for a 390kg total.
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This was a competition PR snatch and total for Sobirov and at the age of only 19 years old, he earns the title as Junior World Champion for his second year in a row.
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Michael Cohen (94, USA) also competed, lifting in the B session and hitting a 313kg PR total. With a 135kg/297lb snatch and 178kg/392lb clean and jerk, Cohen placed 17th in the world.
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Women's 75kg division
Juliana Riotto (75, USA) competed in the A session and came in 8th in the world with her 206kg total! Riotto went 4/6, with a 92kg/202lb snatch and a 114kg/251lb clean & jerk. Riotto is one of the 5 Team USA athletes representing Garage Strength at this years Junior Worlds!
[instagram url="https://www.instagram.com/p/BVmPGSzHOy0/" hide_caption="0"]
Neisi Dajomes (75, ECU) won her second world title with her 108kg/238lb snatch and 134/295lb clean and jerk, giving her a 242kg total.
[instagram url="https://www.instagram.com/p/BVm3mRJgFVC/?taken-by=atginsta" hide_caption="0"]
Dajomes won the title of 69kg Junior World Champion at last year’s Junior Worlds in Georgia. She moved up weight classes this year and added 12kg on to her total!
[instagram url="https://www.instagram.com/p/BVoEf9LFtaP/?taken-by=hookgrip" hide_caption="0"]
Jessie Bradley (75, USA) competed in the A session at Junior Worlds, hitting a strong 120kg/265lb clean and jerk. While Bradley was unable to make any of her snatch attempts at 91kg/200lb, she managed to come back strong on clean and jerk hitting 112/116/120 and coming in 5th in the clean and jerk session!
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Men's 94kg division
Fahrod Sobirov (94, UZB) swept gold at the 2017 Junior World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, snatching 180kg/397lb and clean and jerking 210kg/462lb for a 390kg total.
[instagram url="https://www.instagram.com/p/BVmawBbFNtA/" hide_caption="0"]
This was a competition PR snatch and total for Sobirov and at the age of only 19 years old, he earns the title as Junior World Champion for his second year in a row.
[instagram url="https://www.instagram.com/p/BVorOx-FWfe/?taken-by=hookgrip" hide_caption="0"]
Michael Cohen (94, USA) also competed, lifting in the B session and hitting a 313kg PR total. With a 135kg/297lb snatch and 178kg/392lb clean and jerk, Cohen placed 17th in the world.
[instagram url="https://www.instagram.com/p/BVmwzP0BJ7Q/?taken-by=mikey_cohen98" hide_caption="0"]
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