Hampton Morris, who trains in his garage in Georgia, on Wednesday became the first U.S. men's weightlifter to medal at the Olympic Games in four decades.
The 20-year-old who trains in his garage at home in Marietta, Georgia, on Wednesday became the first U.S. men's weightlifter to take home a medal of any color at the Games in four decades. Narrowly missing out on a world record that would have gotten him silver, Morris followed Mario Martinez and Guy Carlton from Los Angeles in 1984 as the most recent American men to medal at the Olympics.
"It was a smooth competition," Li said through an interpreter."I followed the instructions from my team, and I smoothly won the gold medal." Cambei earned silver in her country's return to the Games following its ban from Tokyo in 2021 for past doping cases, and Thailand's Surodchana Khambao was at 200 for bronze. American Jourdan Delacruz was fifth.
Until now, his priority was getting on the podium in Paris, something that was threatened when he slipped on his first clean and jerk. USA Gymnastics senior director of sport performance Mike Gattone, standing nearby, said,"That's the third guy I've seen slip on that platform."
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