Forde, Oct. 9 -- Olympic champion Olivia Lynn Reeves of the United States asserted her dominance in the women's 77kg category, storming to three gold medals and setting three world records at the IWF World Weightlifting Championships on Wednesday.
Reeves, 22, who won the 71kg title at the 2024 Paris Olympics, demonstrated her status as a leading contender among the 30 participants. She progressed cautiously in the snatch with good lifts from 114kg to 119kg before establishing a new world record at 123kg.
In the clean and jerk, Reeves took two attempts at 146kg before a world-record lift of 155kg, achieving a total of 278kg for her third world record.
Elsayed Mohamed Ahmed of Egypt claimed three silver medals with lifts of 112kg in the sn...