Three Cal Strength Soldiers Set To Compete At The 2019 World Championships
CHRISTIAN OCASIO | PHOTOGRAPH BY @ONE_KILO_
California Strength will be represented by three weightlifting athletes at the 2019 IWF World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand over the next two weeks. For seasoned veterans Wes Kitts and Katrine Bruhn, this is not their first time on the World Championship stage. For Christian Ocasio, this is his debut.
KATRINE BRUHN
Danish weightlifter Katrine Bruhn will compete on Thursday, September 19th at 8:30am PST. She recently PR’d both her Snatch and Clean & Jerk while training on site at California Strength.
CHRISTIAN OCASIO
American Christian Ocasio will compete in the 81kg C Session on Saturday, September 21st at 8pm PST. He recently set a new PR Snatch of 155kg (341lbs) at the Team USA Training Camp in Tokyo!
WES KITTS
American Wes Kitts will compete in the 109kg B Session on Thursday, September 26th at 12:25am PST. He comes into the competition as the American Record Holder in both the Snatch and Clean & Jerk. Wes won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in July and is looking to add security to a 2020 Olympic Games birth. Shortly after the Pan American Games, Wes had surgery to remove a cyst that was restricting his range of motion but bounced back quickly and looks as strong as ever.
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