With the entry list for the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships now in, let’s compare it to the preliminary list and see which big names are still in, and who, if anyone, has dropped out!
Good news, the top four men (as measured by Sinclair) from the last Olympic quad are all competing!
Don’t forget - weight categories can still change.
Big names competing - Men’s
- Rizki Juniansyah -73kg INA
- Rahmat Erwin Abdullah -81kg INA
- Ri Chong song -81kg PRK
- Karlos Nasar -89kg BUL
- Kianoush Rostami (now Kianoshu) -96kg KOS
- Meso Hassona -102kg QAT
- Lesman Paredes -102kg BRN
- Ruslan Nurudinov -109kg UZB
- Gor Minasyan +109kg BRN
- Varazdat Lalayan +109 ARM
Big names competing - Women’s
- Ri Song gum -49kg PRK
- Pei Xinyi -59kg CHN
- Yenny Alvarez -59kg COL
- Ri Suk -64kg PRK
- Olivia Reeves -71kg USA
- Liao Guifang -76kg CHN
- Mattie Rogers -76kg USA
- Sara Ahmed -81kg EGY
- Park Hye-jeong +87 KOR
- Emily Campbell +87 GBR
Notable missing names
- Mihaela Cambei -49kg ROM
- Loredana Toma -71kg ROM
- Neisi Dajomes -81kg ECU
- Solfrid Koanda -81kg NOR
- Hampton Morris -61kg USA
- Antonino Pizzolato -89kg ITA
- Akbar Djuraev -102kg UZB
- Lasha Talakhadze +109 GEO
The 2024 World Champs is set to be an incredible kick-off for the next Olympic cycle. We’ll be bringing it to you from WLHOUSE TV. More on that later!
Check out the full entry list here.
