Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg
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- The men's 73 kg weightlifting competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 8 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
- Clean and jerk world record holder Rahmat Erwin Abdullah of Indonesia was also a favourite to win but was unable to compete for the nation due to Juniansyah's qualifying total being higher.
- In the end, Juniansyah won gold with a total of 354 kg, followed by Wichuma winning silver with a total of 346 kg, and Bozhidar Andreev of Bulgaria winning bronze with a total of 344 kg.
- At the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships, the first eligible event during the qualification timeline, Rahmat Erwin Abdullah of Indonesia placed first, defending his 2021 world title, and broke a world record in the clean and jerk with 200 kilograms.
- He then competed at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships but in the men's 81 kg event.
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WikipediaThe men's 73 kg weightlifting competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 8 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
Going into the competition, Rizki Juniansyah of Indonesia was the favourite, while previous Olympic champion and snatch world record holder Shi Zhiyong of China and 2023 World Champion Weeraphon Wichuma of Thailand were also among the top contenders. Clean and jerk world record holder Rahmat Erwin Abdullah of Indonesia was also a favourite to win but was unable to compete for the nation due to Juniansyah's qualifying total being higher. In the final, Shi was leading by 10 kilograms after the snatch portion of the event but was eliminated after failing his clean and jerk attempts due to a back injury he sustained from a previous competition. In the end, Juniansyah won gold with a total of 354 kg, followed by Wichuma winning silver with a total of 346 kg, and Bozhidar Andreev of Bulgaria winning bronze with a total of 344 kg.
Shi Zhiyong of China was the defending Olympic champion in the men's 73 kg. At the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships, the first eligible event during the qualification timeline, Rahmat Erwin Abdullah of Indonesia placed first, defending his 2021 world title, and broke a world record in the clean and jerk with 200 kilograms. In the same event, his teammate Rizki Juniansyah placed second. He then competed at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships but in the men's 81 kg event. There, he set a world record with a clean and jerk of 209 kilograms. In the men's 73 kg event, Weeraphon Wichuma of Thailand won gold. At the 2023 IWF Grand Prix II, Ritvars Suharevs of Latvia placed first with a total of 341 kilograms. It was also the first competition Shi had competed in for 862 days, placing second for his first defeat in international competition.
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