Maude Charron wins weightlifting gold for Canada at Tokyo Olympics

Maude Charron has taken location the golden medal successful the women’s 64kg weightlifting contention astatine the Tokyo Olympics.

The 28-year-old from Rimouski, Que., lifted 105kg successful the snatch and 131kg successful the cleanable & jerk for her medal, with a full of 236kg.

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Italy’s Giorgia Bordignon took the metallic medal and Taiwan’s Wen-Huei Chen the bronze.

Charron is the 2nd Canadian pistillate to triumph an Olympic weightlifting medal.