IWF120y/66 – 2016: Oscar Figueroa, the shiniest Colombian star

It is normally a feat associated with strong countries in the Olympic arena, those winning many dozens of medals in a single edition of the Games: to place two of their athletes on the podium within a difference of hours. At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Colombia won four medals (overall), but two of them came in a two-hour gap in the weightlifting competition, with Yeison Lopez earning silver in the men’s 89kg and Mari Sanchez finishing also second in the women’s 71kg, on August 9. These were the...