James to Algeria - SA Weightlifting Team

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Claire McAlpine McAlpine
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Gauteng
South Africa
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Started 15 days ago
2 months left

James started his weightlifting journey at the beginning of the year, with his only intention to correct his technique and get better at it for Crossfit. He's currently the fittest teen in Africa for CrossFit and finished top 30 Worldwide in The CrossFit Open Teen 15-16 Division this year. His first official time doing The Open. He won Semi Finals, and Quarterfinals for SA and Worldwide. However, proceeding with the Weightlifting we've come to learn that he's extremely good at weightlifting too. He's done 2 competitions this year, each time breaking records and his last event he broke the Snatch SA Record TWICE finishing on 101KG at 15 years old. He currently holds that SA record together with the overall score SA Record for Youth and Junior records. He's been chosen to represent South Africa at the Youth and Junior Championships in Algeria from the 5th - 13th October 2026, however this comes at a heavy cost. We have to obviously pay for him to attend (SA is not offering any funding for these athletes), and have to pay a portion of his coach's costs too as you may not compete with...

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