Wave' Weerapol Wichuma, a 19-year-old powerlifter, fought with all his heart and gritted his teeth to come back and win a silver medal in the men's 73kg weightlifting at the 2024 Olympics, along with breaking his own world youth clean and jerk record. Weightlifting competition at the Olympic Games "Paris 2024" in Paris, France, after the Thai powerlifter made an excellent debut on August 7, 2024, winning 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal, with the silver medal from "Fang" Thiraphong Silachai, 61 kg men's division and the bronze medal from "Oil" Surajana Khambao, 49 kg women's division. Most recently, on August 8, 2024, the Thai team also had a chance to win a medal from "Wave" Wiraphon Wichuma, a rising star from Surin Province, in the men's 73 kg category. The Thai powerlifter is considered the youngest athlete in this category. On August 10, 2024, he will be 20 years old. For "Weerapol", he has previously achieved excellent results by winning 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal from the 2023 World Weightli fting Championship in Saudi Arabia, the silver medalist of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. In addition, Weerapol is also the owner of the world youth record for the clean and jerk, 195 kilograms, which was achieved in the 2023 World Weightlifting Championship in Saudi Arabia on September 4, 2023, and the owner of the world youth record for the total weight, 351 kilograms, which was achieved in the 19th Asian Games "Hangzhou Games" on September 30, 2023. At the "Hangzhou Games", Weerapol lifted 156 kilograms in the snatch, which was his best record in this position. As for the clean and jerk, he lifted 195 kilograms. For weightlifters, there is still a chance to win another final prize in the category from "Som" Duang-akson Jai-dee in the women's over 81 kg category on August 11, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. Thai time Source: Thai News Agency