Mauritius International Open Weightlifting Championships 2022 |28 February 2022

Romantha Larue is the 87kg weight category silver medallist

Agricole claims 59kg gold medal

• Malvina wins bronze, Larue captures silver

Clementina Agricole is the women’s 59kg weight category champion of the Mauritius International Open Weightlifting Championships 2022 as Seychelles captured three medals ‒ a gold, a silver and a bronze ‒ in Vacoas yesterday.

With a total of 177kg (77kg in snatch and 100kg in clean and jerk) Agricole won the 59kg weight category gold medal ahead of a South African who finished with 176kg.

Another Seychellois lifter, Ruby Malvina, who was competing in this same weight category, was ranked third with a total of 171kg (76kg in snatch and 95kg in clean and jerk) to claim the bronze medal.

There were five competitors in the 59kg weight category.

As for Romantha Larue, she finished second for the silver medal with 155kg (70kg in snatch and 85kg in clean and jerk) in the 87kg weight category.

The Mauritius International Open Weightlifting Championships 2022 also served as a qualification event for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham.

The top eight in the rankings join the outright winners of the Commonwealth Championships, England's host nation selections, and bipartite invitations in fields of 11 and 12 for the 16 weight categories.

The total athlete quota of 180 places is exactly 50 per cent more than the number allocated to weightlifting for Paris 2024 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The weightlifting competition will run from July 30 to August 3 at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Gerard Govinden