Laura Horvath and Thuri Helgadottir are once again competing at this European Weightlifting Championships this year. This will be Horvath’s third year competing at the European Weightlifting Championships while it is the sixth time for Helgadottir.
Helgadottir took the platform earlier today in the women’s 59kg weight category. Competing in Group B, Helgadottir went 3-for-6 and finished with a 179kg total. After missing her first two snatch attempts, the Icelandic CrossFit Games veteran hit a 77kg snatch to stay on the board.
She followed that up with a 99kg and 102kg clean and jerk before failing her third clean and jerk attempt at 105kg.
Her 179kg total put her 7th in Group B. There 10 women competing later tonight in Group A.
You can watch a replay of Helgadottir and the rest of Group B on ewfsport.tv.
Horvath will take to the platform on Friday, April 18. She is once again in the 76kg weight category. Like Helgadottir, the 2023 CrossFit Games champion will be competing in Group B.
The live stream to watch Horvath will begin on Friday at 6:00am Eastern Time.
Helgadottir’s previous totals at the European Weightlifting Championships:
2016: 183kg
2017: 181kg
2021: 191kg
2023: 186kg
2024: 182kg
Horvath’s previous totals at the European Weightlifting Championships:
2021: 200kg
2024: 205kg
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