Lily Gold, a VCHS graduate from the class of 2013, recently competed in the Mid-America Open for the Lindenwood University Olympic Weightlifting team. It was her first competition at the college level.
Lily Gold competed in the 58kg class and took second place.
The Lindenwood Lions are coached by Jainping Ma, a former Olympic athlete on the Chinese team in 1988.
Check out this video of Lily's lift:
Lily Gold will be competing again this weekend at "The Lab Open" in St.Louis with the Lindenwood University team 53kg Division
Oma has had the pleasure of knowing Lily for a while and has always been in awe of her determination. We look forward to seeing her lift in the Olympics one day!
