Reeves, 21, captures world title in 71kg divisionChattanooga native won Olympic gold this summer
Olivia Reeves won her first world weightlifting title on Wednesday, four months after winning the United States’ first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting in 24 years.
The 21-year-old from Chattanooga, who started lifting weights at the CrossFit gym her mother owned when she was in fourth grade, won the 71kg division at world championships in Manama, Bahrain, on Wednesday. She totaled 267kg (588lb) between the snatch and the clean and jerk, edging Jong Chun-Hui of North Korea (262kg) and Yang Qiuxia of China (261lb).
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