At the 2024 IWF Weightlifting World Cup Son Younghee won Bronze in the Women’s 87+ kg Category 

On the eleventh day of the IWF World Cup in Phuket, we witnessed a remarkable lifting session in the Women’s +87 kg weight category, with the best heavyweight female weightlifters in the world competing for a spot in the Olympic Games this year.

As expected, we saw the favorites deliver fantastic performances, and some new names appeared on the stage. 

Son Younghee from South Korea is one of them. Previously competing in the 75 kg category, Younghee has now moved to the 87+ kg one and is hoping to achieve more success.

This competition proved she is fully capable of that as she began by lifting 122 kg on the Snatch and getting the bronze medal for the lift. The South Korean continued her great showing with a 161 kg lift on the Clean & Jerk, which got her the second bronze medal for the day.

With a total of 283 kg, Younghee became the second South Korean on the podium, winning the overall bronze medal for the category. 

In her career so far, Son Younghee has won one World title in the 87+ kg category and has multiple silver medals from the Asian Championships in the same category. During the previous Olympic cycle, Younghee competed in the lower weight class, however couldn’t manage to achieve great success.

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