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Tamara Salazar Claims Silver in Women’s 87kg Weightlifting Competition at Tokyo Games

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2020 Tokyo GamesTamara Salazar has helped lift Ecuador to its strongest showing at an Olympic Games…

The 23-year-old Ecuadorian weightlifter claimed the silver medal in the women’s 87kg weightlifting competition at the 2020 Tokyo Games, raising her country’s medal count to three at this year’s Olympics.

Tamara Salazar

Salazar finished second behind China’s Wang Zhouyu, who notched a total weight of 270 kg to Salazar’s 263 kg. The Dominican Republic’s Crismery Santana claimed the bronze with a total weight of 256 kg.

Salazar lifted a total of 263 kg (113 + 150) and Santana lifted 256 (116 + 140), a considerable distance from the 270 kg of Wang (120 + 150), champion of the 2018 and 2019 World Cups.

Tamara Salazar

Salazar was solid in the test by not failing in any of the attempts in both modalities, being the only athlete in the competition to achieve it. And, she credits her mom for helping motivate her onto the medal stand.

“Before competing I received a video call from my mother, who told me ‘mija, you can’. She is my greatest motivation and now I am here, with an Olympic medal, still without believing it. I dreamed it so much, I always asked God to give me the necessary strength and now I live this reality,“ said the weightlifter.

So far, Ecuador has won two gold medals (Richard Carapaz and Neisi Dajomes) and one silver (Tamara Salazar).

Aremi Fuentes Wins Weightlifting Bronze Medal at Tokyo Games

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Aremi Fuentes is celebrating a bronze performance…

The 28-year-old Mexican weightlifter claimed the bronze medal in the women’s weightlifting 76 kilograms class at the Tokyo Games.

Aremi Fuentes

Fuentes lifted 108 kg and 137 kg in the snatch and clean & jerk phases respectively for a total of 245 kg to earn the bronze.

Ecuador’s Neisi Dajomes claimed the gold with a total of 263kg, while Team USA’s Kate Nye won the silver with 249kg.

Aremi Fuentes

Fuentes wasn’t among the favorites for a medal at the start of the competition, but she made four of her six attempts to total 245kg, a far better effort than some of her rivals.

It’s the fourth medal for Mexico in weightlifting after the gold of Soraya Jiménez at the 2000 Sydney Games, the bronze of Damaris Aguirre in the 2008 Beijing Games and the bronze of Luz Acosta at the 2012 London Games.

Neisi Dajomes Becomes Ecuador’s First Female Athlete to Win an Olympic Medal at Tokyo Games

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Neisi Dajomes is a golden girl…

The 23-year-old Ecuadorian weightlifter has become the first female athlete from Ecuador to win an Olympic medal in any sport at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Neisi Dajomes

Dajomes claimed the gold in style in the women’s weightlifting 76 kilograms class at the Tokyo International Forum with a final score of 263kg.

Dajomes’ performance is a significant improvement from her showing in the 2016 Rio Games, advancing from a seventh-place finish in Rio to the top of the podium in 2021.

Neisi Dajomes

Team USA’s Kate Nye won the silver with 249kg, while Aremi Fuentes of Mexico took the bronze with 245kg.

Dajomes was the only athlete out of 13 competitors to make every lift she attempted on the platform, an airtight performance that had guaranteed her the gold medal by the time she had completed her first clean & jerk. Here are all of her attempts in both lifts plus her highest total.

  • Snatch— 111/115/118 kilograms (260.1 pounds)
  • Clean & Jerk — 135/140/145kilograms (319.6 pounds)
  • Total — 263 kilograms (579.8 pounds)

As she stood on the podium, Dajomes made an emotional dedication to her mother and brother, who passed away in 2019 and 2018 respectively.

Neisi Dajomes

“I had a hard time, I lost my mother and recently my brother Javier Palacios, for whom I am here,” she told Ecuadorian television channel RTS.

“All my achievements are dedicated to his memory.”

Dajomes was immediately praised by her nation’s sports minister, Sebastián Palacios.

He said on social media, “There are no words! Thank you for this! Our first Ecuadorian woman with an Olympic medal. You are golden, Neisi!”

It’s Ecuador’s fourth Olympic medal ever. Dajomes’ gold medal is Ecuador’s second in Tokyo, the first having been won by Richard Carapaz in the cycling event. This is also the first time Ecuador has ever won two medals at the same Olympics.