Kiwi weightlifter Kanah Andrews-Nahu has been surprised by her team with a podium for last year’s Youth Olympic Games after being elevated to bronze when the winner was disqualified because she failed a drug test.
Andrews-Kahu finished fourth in the +63kg event, the super-heavyweights for youth lifters aged 15-17, in Buenos Aires last year with Thailand’s Supatchanin Khamhaeng winning the division by 18kg.
Khamhaeng was recently stripped of the title because she tested positive for a banned substance, but Andrews-Kahu had no idea until her team, including coach Richie Patterson, surprised her today.
They also held an podium ceremony that lift the 18-year-old who was visibly emotional.
Andrews-Nahu has now broken 135 New Zealand records.
“I didn’t even know this was going to happen today,” she told 1 NEWS.
“I was like ‘what the hell? Why is everyone here?”
The fact that she was an medallist at a Youth Olympcs had barely sunk in for the 18-year-old.
Andrews-Nahu’s win is Oceania's first Youth Olympics medal in weightlifting.
Kanah Andrews-Nahu has achieved more at 17 than most do in a career.
The actual bronze medal is on its way and will go nicely with the approximately 150 weightlifting records, she's broken so far.
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