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Mattie tops US lifting competition

By Journal on December 22, 2016 58kg category, Jessida Lucero, Mattie Sasser, Sarabeth Phillips, Terry Sasser, USAW World Team, weightlifting News Archive

Mattie Sasser continued her winning ways with a gold medal performance in the United States earlier this month. Competing at the 2016 American Open weightlifting competition in Orlando, Florida, Sasser’s 88kg/194lb snatch and 113kg/249lb clean and jerk for a 201kg/442lbs total broke her previous Oceania 58kg junior snatch and total records. At USA Weightlifting’s (USAW) […]

Mattie’s record-smashing gold show

By Journal on June 9, 2016 Jenly Tegu Wini, Kabuati Bob, Mack Capelle, Mathlynn Sasser, Mattie Sasser, MIWLF, Terry Sasser, Tia-Clair Toomey, Tony Muller, weightlifting News Archive

Marshall Islands weightlifters Mathlynn “Mattie” Sasser and Kabuati Bob joined over 200 athletes from 19 countries at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships and Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Suva, Fiji last month. Mattie set numerous records on her way to winning gold and was honored at the tournament’s closing as the Best Junior Female Lifter […]