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Chestatee High grad Jenny Arthur finishes sixth in Olympic weightlifting in Rio
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Chestatee High graduate Jenny Lyvette Arthur, of the United States, competes in the women’s 75kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics on Friday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. - photo by ERIC RISBERG
There wasn’t a medal waiting in Rio de Janeiro for Jenny Arthur, but still plenty to be proud of. The 22-year-old Chestatee High School graduate placed sixth overall Friday in the women’s 75-kilogram weightlifting competition in the Olympic Games. Though she finished off the medal platform, Arthur did set a new U.S. Olympic record in the snatch with a lift of 107 kilograms, or about 235 pounds.
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