The U.S. Olympic weightlifting team is its largest in 25 years — the maximum four men and four women — and could win its most medals since the 1960 Rome Games.
All four women rank in the top three in their divisions in global Olympic qualifying, when excluding lifters who won’t be at the Games due to roster size limits or doping sanctions.
Kate Nye (76kg) and Sarah Robles (+87kg) both won world championships in this Olympic cycle, becoming the first Americans to do so since 1994.
Mattie Rogers (87kg) took silver behind Nye at 2019 Worlds in the non-Olympic 71kg division.