Webster and Tiler Selected for British Olympic Weightlifting Team

Two younger athletes have been named to the British workforce headed to Rio.

Workforce GB has introduced that British weightlifters Rebekah Tiler and Sonny Webster can be making their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro. Teen sensation Rebekah Tiler is because of compete within the girls’s -69kg class, whereas Sonny Webster, 22, will fly the flag for Nice Britain within the males’s -94kg division.

17-year-old Tiler, from Keighley, West Yorkshire, is ready to be one of many youngest athletes for Workforce GB on this Summer season’s Olympic Video games. She is going to go as reigning British Champion, having taken two British information at the latest British championships. She can be the gold medal winner on the Youth Commonwealth Video games. Sonny Webster is likewise the present British Champion and completed fifth on the 2014 Commonwealth Video games, in addition to being an U23 British File holder.

On her choice for Rio, Tiler commented:

“I’m so excited and honoured to be representing Workforce GB in Rio this summer season; it’s a dream come true and one thing I’ve needed ever since I obtained into the game. The subsequent few weeks of preparation are so essential and…I’m 100% targeted on making certain that I’m in the very best situation heading into Rio.”

Bristolian Webster likewise commented:

“The Olympics is undoubtedly the most important stage for the game. I’ve been coaching nicely and my latest efficiency on the British Championships has given me a incredible platform to construct on; the following few weeks of preparation are completely essential.”

Former feminine favorite Zoe Smith was taken out of the operating with a dislocated shoulder on the British Championships final month. Smith expressed her disappointmentto not characterize Workforce GB on the Video games in an Instagram put up earlier at present, however wished one of the best of luck to Tiler within the Summer season Video games.

Tommy Xmas, the efficiency director at British Weightlifting, has expressed his pleasure on the number of Tiler and Webster. In a press release, Xmas lauded their latest progress and private finest efforts in latest nationwide and worldwide competitions, stating that all teaching focus will now be on giving their finest probability of performing nicely in Rio.

Nice Britain has gained seven medals in Olympic weightlifting – one gold, three silver, and three bronze. The newest was gained by David Mercer in Los Angeles in 1984.

The 2016 Olympic Video games can be held from 05-21 August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.