Maude Charron takes silver for Canada in women’s weightlifting

Maude Charron lifted Canada to a silver medal Thursday in the women's 59-kilogram weightlifting event at the Paris Olympics.

PARIS – Maude Charron lifted Canada to a silver medal Thursday in the women’s 59-kilogram weightlifting event at the Paris Olympics.

The 31-year-old from Rimouski adds a second Olympic medal to her collection. She had previously won gold in Tokyo in 2021 in the 64 kg category, which has since been removed from the Olympic program.

Charron lifted 106 kilograms in the snatch and 130 kilograms in the clean and jerk for a total of 236 kilograms to win Canada’s 20th medal at the Paris Games.

China’s Luo Shifang, the reigning world champion, won gold with an Olympic-record total of 241 kilograms, while Kuo Hsing-Chun of Taiwan, the defending Olympic champion in the category, won the bronze with a total of 235.

Charron attempted a final clean and jerk of 132 kilograms, the highest weight she had ever attempted but was unable to complete it.

Canada entered the day with 19 medals — six gold, four silver and nine bronze.

Earlier, Canada qualified for both the men’s and women’s 4×100-metre relay finals.

The men’s team of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse ran a time of 38.39 seconds to finish third in Heat 2 on Thursday at Stade de France.