Olivia Reeves becomes first US lifter to pair world title with Olympic gold in 66 years

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Olivia Reeves won her first world weightlifting title on Wednesday, four months after winning the United States’ first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting in 24 years. The 21-year-old from Chattanooga, who started lifting weights at the CrossFit gym her mother owned when she was in fourth grade, won the 71kg division at world championships in Manama, Bahrain, on Wednesday. Reeves, who became the youngest US lifter to win Olympic gold in 68 years, became the first American lifter to win Olympic and world titles since Ike Berger did the double in 1958, according to NBC.

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