The heartwarming promise Irish weightlifter Thammy Nguyen made to her kids before the European Championships
Irish weightlifter Thammy Nguyen won two bronze medals at the 2024 European Championships in Sofia this week, marking back to back successes for the Dublin woman at the competition. Triumphing in the Clean&Jerk as well as the overall outing at 49kg, Nguyen, who’s also a mum of two, announced following her victory that it would be her final European Championships. …
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North Korea’s Ri Song-gum sets world 49kg record with combined 216kg lift
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Grace Fisher
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September 30, 2023
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Weightlifting
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An Chang-ok, DPRK ADC, Hangzhou Asian Games, Jakarta Asian Games, Jiang Huihua, Mirabai Chanu, OCA, Radhir Singh, Ri Song-gum, Rosegie Ramos, WADA
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North Korea’s Ri Song-gum has set a new women’s world record in the 49 kg category after lifting a combined 216 kg at the Hangzhou Asian Games as her country returns to international multi-sport competition for the first time since 2018. 4’7” tall (140cm) Ri lifted 92kg in the snatch and 124 kg in the clean and jerk, surpassing by …
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Lucy McGonigle is World’s Fittest Teen after CrossFit Games Win
16-year-old Northern Irish Lucy McGonigle has been named the fittest teen on earth after triumphing in the under-18 category at the World CrossFit Games in Madison, Wisconsin. The Newtownards local, who is also a member of the Great Britain Weightlifting youth squad, won the 14-15 year old category last year. McGonigle’s closest rival throughout was American Trista Smith, and the …
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Hannah Crymble is best female lifter at National Senior Weightlifting Championships
Northern Irish 59kg weightlifter Hannah Crymble was named the best female lifter at this weekend’s National Senior Weightlifting Championships with an 85kg Snatch, 105kg Clean & Jerk, and 190kg total — all new Irish records in her weight category, as well as competition PBs for Crymble herself. Crymble’s Sinclair score — a measure used to compare lifters in different weight …
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Thammy Nguyen – “Put The Hard Work In And Go Achieve Your Goal Because Nobody Else Is Going To Achieve It For You.”
History was made this year when Thammy Nguyen stepped up to the stage at the European Weightlifting Championships in Armenia and received a bronze medal in the 49kg division. Thammy is the first Irish athlete to ever win a medal for weightlifting (or “up-down” as her two kids call it) on the international stage. Apart from weightlifting, the 26-year-old has …
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From novice to third in the country in 18 months: Strongwoman Nicole McMillan shares her story
Two years ago, Nicole McMillan was training with CrossFit, but had never competed in a strongwoman competition. One year ago, after breaking a finger and tearing ligaments in her hand days before the event, she missed her chance to compete for the title Ireland’s Strongest Woman, and a year later she was still concerned her grip strength would hold her …
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Discovery of women’s lifting stone sheds light on Irish traditions
When they hear the words ‘lifting stone,” most people—if they are familiar with the term at all—probably think of strongmen and male bodybuilders struggling to lift small boulders in Iceland or Scotland, perhaps of the famous Dinnie Stones. But the traditional test of strength has a long history in Ireland, as well—and a recent remarkable discovery shows that the feat …
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“You Need to Eat!”: Four Koncept Athletes Talk Body Image, Confidence, and What Keeps Them Motivated
“You were led to believe that the smaller, the lighter you were, the better you were going to be,” says Hannah Crymble, who trained in gymnastics as a child, but the weightlifter, who represented Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games this year, certainly hasn’t conformed to gymnastics’, or society’s, idealisation of thinness over strength for women. Neither have fellow Koncept …
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Caroline Birch First Woman in Ireland To Lift 100 Kg Snatch
Kenmare local Caroline Birch became the first woman in Ireland to ever lift 100 kg Snatch in competition this week. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjkwwLVNzjZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The event was a full-circle moment for Birch, who was visibly elated after her triumph which you can see in the video she posted to her Instagram account, @theirishliftingchick. Her first weightlifting competition took place four years ago in …
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New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard To Become The First Transgender Olympic Athlete
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard from New Zealand is set to become the first transgender athlete to partake in the Olympic Games.
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