The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, are well underway. Day three of weightlifting at the Games kicked off with the Men’s 89KG weightlifting event at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time in the South Paris Arena.
If you’re playing catch-up, here’s what went down on Aug. 8:
BarBend will update this page as the event progresses, including podium results and a play-by-play of the competition from start to finish. Stay tuned!
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2024 Olympics: Men’s 89KG Weightlifting
- Karlos Nasar (BUL): 396
- Yeison Lopez (COL): 392
- Keydomar Vallenilla-Sanchez (VEN): 385
- Mir Mostafa Javadi (IRI): 384
- Karim Abokahla (EGY): 381
- Antonino Pizzolato (ITA): 380
- Marin Robu (MDA): 378
- Andranik Karapetyan (ARM): 377
- Yu Dongju (KOR): 375
- Boady Santavy (CAN): 372, Reallocation
- Kyle Bruce (AUS): 336, Continental
- Romain Imadouchene (FRA): Host
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2024 Olympics Men’s 89KG Weightlifting Results
Men’s 89KG Weightlifting Podium
- Gold: Karlos Nasar (BUL) — 404 (180/224) | World Record Clean & Jerk, Total
- Silver: Yeison Lopez (COL) — 390 (180/210)
- Bronze: Antonino Pizzolato (ITA) — 384 (172/212)
Event Recap — Snatch
Australia’s Kyle Bruce opened the 89-kilogram event by taking all three snatch attempts, ending with 148 kilograms. French native Romain Imadouchene appeared afterward to start with 155. The bar spat him out, and he hobbled off the platform, seemingly having suffered a knee injury.
Imadouchene returned to thunderous applause to try again and conquered the same weight, though his stride worsened. Keydomar Vallenilla-Sanchez, a medal contender for Venezuela, appeared early in the event to snatch 157.
Canada’s Boady Santavy was in the driver’s seat with his successful 158-kilogram opening lift. Imadouchene tried 161 but again fell over and had to be obscured by event attendants while recovering. Vallenilla-Sanchez returned to hit 162, well below his best but confident nonetheless. Yu Dongju of Korea started with a miss at 163, while Santavy made it on his second. Yu followed, correcting his initial mistake.
Iran’s 2023 World Champion, Mir Mostava Javadi, entered the fray at 164. Karim Abokahla of Egypt began with an airtight snatch at 165. Vallenilla-Sanchez closed out his snatches with a “clark” at 165, while Santavy missed 166 out front. Javadi then moved the bar to 168 on his second attempt. Yu matched Javadi with his third attempt.
Moldova’s Marin Robu began with 170 kilograms, which he made comfortably. Veteran competitor from Armenia, Andranik Karapetyan, also made light work of 170 on his opener. Abokahla attempted 170 but stumbled forward on the platform, dropped it, and injured his elbow. The competition was halted to clean the platform off and reset the bar.
Javadi bumped the bar to 171 on his final attempt but couldn’t quite hold it overhead. Antonino Pizzolato of Italy emerged for 172 but missed it as well. He retook it on attempt two: a make.
Crowd favorite and prospective gold medalist Karlos Nasar started conservatively with 173 kilograms on his opener. Colombian snatch world record holder Jeison Lopez followed and smashed 175. Robu returned for 175 and made it, flexing and roaring to the crowd. Karapetyan missed the same.
Pizzolato narrowly missed 176 kilograms on his final attempt, smacking the platform in frustration. Nasar returned to hit 177 on attempt two; Karapetyan tried to mirror but received two red lights on his last attempt. Robu declined his final attempt in the snatch with no explanation.
Lopez answered the call at 180 but missed it in front. Nasar showed the crowd how it was done, going three-for-three in the snatch. Lopez took the last attempt of the snatch portion and very narrowly managed 180 as well.
Event Recap — Clean & Jerk
Bruce started clean & jerks as well with 182 kilograms; his only good lift. Santavy suffered a knee injury on his opener at 186, worsened it while trying 187, and was almost successful at 188.
Vallenilla-Sanchez also appeared early, taking 190 on his opener and putting it away easily. Despite his injury, Imadouchene came out to a supportive crowd to open with 195 kilograms. He fell again, trying to clean the weight, prompting attendants to set up a curtain to obscure him from the audience while he recovered.
Vallenilla-Sanchez repeated with a good lift at 196, though he grimaced and gestured toward his wrist. Imadouchene returned to the audience chanting his name as he attempted to secure a Total — he pushed through a tough front squat and jerked 196 kilograms to get his name on the board. “Everyone in the South Paris Arena lifted that weight with him,” remarked the commentators as Imadouchene fell to his knees in tears.
Robu came out with his left elbow taped up to clean & jerk 200 kilograms; Karapetyan followed and made the same weight look comfortable. Vallenilla-Sanchez failed to clean 200, waving to the crowd as he walked off stage. Yu opened with 203.
Javadi took his first attempt at 204, which looked heavy during the clean but light when he jerked it. Snatch second-placer Lopez came out for 205 but failed to hit his split jerk. He followed himself and made the weight on his second try.
Robu bumped eight kilos to hit 208 on his second lift. Karapetyan emerged for 210, notably above the weights he’d hit recently, but couldn’t quite stick the split jerk. Lopez finished his campaign with a make of 210 kilograms, equaling the Olympic record.
After some time away, Yu strode out for 211 on his second attempt — a miss that nearly shaved the back of his head. That brought out Pizzolato, who failed to clean 212 and then failed to jerk it on his second try. Robu attempted to extend his advantage but failed to clean 212, similar to Pizzolato.
When Pizzolato failed to jerk 212 on his third attempt, he called for a press-out on his left arm. He remained on stage in tears while his coaches challenged the ruling. After minutes of rapt silence, he was granted the lift, and his cries of joy were heard from the back room.
Nasar came out for the cleanest opener yet, setting a new Olympic record clean & jerk and Total by lifting 213 kilograms. Karapetyan had no success with 215 to get back into the medals, while Javadi bravely and unsuccessfully tried 217 to do the same. Yu followed for the same reason and missed 217 as well.
Javadi took the third-to-last attempt of the event when he tried 217 again on his final lift. No dice. This left the field open for Nasar to ink his name into the record books.
Nasar set a new world record in the clean & jerk with 224 kilograms on his second attempt. He declined his third.
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2024 Olympics Weightlifting Schedule
Weightlifting events will be held at the 2024 Olympics from Aug. 7 to Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France. Catch all the action live by referring to the full schedule below. All times are in Eastern Standard Time and are subject to change:
Wednesday, August 7
- 9:00 AM: Men’s 61KG
- 1:30 PM: Women’s 49KG
Thursday, August 8
- 9:00 AM: Women’s 59KG
- 1:30 PM: Men’s 73KG
Friday, August 9
- 9:00 AM: Men’s 89KG
- 1:30 PM: Women’s 71KG
Saturday, August 10
- 5:30 AM: Men’s 102KG
- 10:00 AM: Women’s 81KG
- 2:30 PM: Men’s +102KG
Sunday, August 11
- 5:30 AM: Women’s +81KG
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