Wanda Rijo and Playter Reyes qualified to participate in the Sydney, Australia Olympic Games. They recently participated in the Panamerican Championship and weightlifting trials of the US. Wanda Rijo qualified in the 75-kilogram category, and Reyes in the 200-kilogram category. The trials were held 14-18 April in Shreveport, Louisiana. During the event, Wanda Rijo won two gold medals and a silver, Wendy Santana won two gods, Sención Quezada, two gold and a silver and Guillermina Candelario two gold and a silver, Carlos Holguin, one silver and two bronze. Playter Reyes won three bronze. The DR may possibly take another weight lifter, Pan Am Games silver medallist Miosotis Heredia. Heredia was absent from the Louisiana trials because she had recently been operated.
