Brooke was the last of the Eastgate women to lift, and even before she warmed up, I was thinking double PR for her. Brooke has the admirable gift of turning nervous energy into excitement and adrenaline, and she clearly hulks up in competition. She smoked all three snatches, finishing with an easy PR at 61kg (134lbs), that is tops in the gym for the ladies. She found herself in a 3 way battle for 2nd place going into c&j. She opened with an easy 75 kg, and we then played position by selecting 78kg, and Brookes hulk powers betrayed her, as she literally threw the bar off into the sunset and out of her reach on the jerk attempt. We decided to move up to 80kg anyway to keep her in the hunt for a medal, and she came through with a strong clean and the heavier weight kept her split jerk in the same zip code, and she made her PR of 80kg after a little walk with it. We then watched as her opponents failed to match her total, and she took home the silver medal!
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 02:13:48 +0000
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