CJ Cummings Dominates To Win IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championship

The IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships is underway currently (June 1-8) and CJ Cummings has already secured his fourth win in a row (2016-1019). Cummings dominated the Pan American Championships in April setting 15 World records and has already cemented his name as a top weightlifter.

So, it’s no surprise he absolutely killed it again and he’s been an exciting athlete to watch for Team USA in the 73kg weight division as of recently.

Here are his best lifts at the competition:

Snatch – 145kg (Silver)

Clean & Jerk – 192kg (Gold/Junior World Record)

Total – 337kg (Gold)

ROBU Marin (MDA) took gold in the snatch.

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🇫🇯 @cj__cummings takes home his 4th consecutive Junior Worlds title! Hear from CJ about his historic performance. Youth Olympians @peythug and @7smith3 weigh-in on their performance on the world stage, plus hear from @abbyraymond59, @kaelastephano & @k8_where about their experience so far in Fiji. More #TeamUSA lifting to come, check out our bio link for times & live stream info! @jwcfiji @iwfnet @teamusa

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CJ Cummings was very happy after the competition as he explained…(via IWF)

“I am extremely happy and excited for this year’s gold medal as never anyone from the USA had four Junior World Champion titles before. My next competition will be the Junior Pan-American Championships, which I also would like to win and build up my ROBI points to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games.”

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@cj__cummings is your JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION for the 4th year in a row!! 🇺🇸💪 He also set another new JUNIOR WORLD RECORD in the 73kg category, improving his clean and jerk to 192kg, one kilo more than the record he set in April at the Pan American Championships 💪🇺🇸 Snatch: 145kg 🥈 Clean and Jerk: 192kg 🥇 Total: 337kg 🥇 Watch #teamusa live from Fiji- lifting times and live stream link in our bio!

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We hope to see more superb performances from CJ Cummings and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be the ultimate test.