Canada's Maude Charron reacts after competing in the women's weightlifting 59Kg at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023.
Canada's Maude Charron, who won Olympic gold in Tokyo at 64 kilograms, is now set to compete in Paris in the 59kg category at 9 a.m. ET.Click on the video above at 9 a.m. ET as Canadian Olympic champion Maude Charron attempts to repeat as a gold medallist.
"It will be an insane category, very high level. And this is really exciting for me. It's not pressure. It's not. I'm grateful for being able to compete alongside these women," Charron, one of Canada's flag-bearers at the opening ceremony, said. In an individual sport like weightlifting, though, Charron's focus has been on herself and her form heading into these Games.
"I feel like this is my bodyweight category now and I belong there and I'm as strong as I was before," Charron, the 31-year-old from Rimouski, Que., said.
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