PB's at European Junior Championships

Ben Watson in the 94kg B Group completed all three snatch lifts achieving a new PB of 125kg, giving him a new  British record at junior level. All 3 snatch attempts were lifted successfully . Ben was however extremely unlucky to miss a new PB of 153kg in the clean and jerk. Ben managed to easily clean and jerk both attempts, but was unable to stabilise the weight to complete the lift. Overall his performance and positive attitude was excellent and we can certainly expect more from him in the near future.

Zoe competed in her 1st junior European championships in the 58kg A Group, achieving a very positive result finishing in 6th  position overall as one of  the youngest competitors in the event. Zoe snatched comfortably reaching a new PB of 76kg and a new British u17 record. Zoe opened with a clean and jerk which  was unexpectedly missed, given the confidence she had snatched with . Zoe however did not let this phase her and came out on her second attempt to get her lift of 89kg and then a successful third lift of  93kg, to give an equal personal best total of 169kg .

For both athletes this was their first Junior Championships and both lifted well, with Zoe gaining valuable experience for the European Youth Championships in September.

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