USAWA

By Eric Todd

Unfortunately, sometimes error in sports occur. One has recently come to my attention from 2019 worlds. Even though a fail-safe computer program was used, an error was made. While it was announced at the banquet that Beth Skwarecki was the victor in the women’s division, there was an omission of RJ Jackson’s one hand barbell clean and jerk in the addition of her total. With the one arm clean and jerk added, RJ’s amended total surpassed that of Beth. When I reached out to Beth to be sure I was not missing anything, she assured me that I was not, and she graciously conceded victory to RJ with her congratulations. Apologies from the USAWA/IAWA to RJ Jackson for missing this, and congratulations for your 2019 World Championship!