2025 USA Weightlifting Nationals...June 23rd...

Well this years National event didn't go as we had hoped.  Tim had a "lights out" moment.  That happens when a lifter either loses their breath or a sequence of events happens for them to black out then they drop to the floor like a rock with the weight they are lifting at the time.

Tim’s day started off incredible. He did a 3/3 on his snatch lifts. They weren’t enough to medal but it showed huge improvement from last years National event. He went on to have a great start in the Clean & Jerks. On his second lift he had a “lights out” moment and dropped to the floor. He got right back up though. His coach was so incredibly awesome in his attendance to Tim and making sure he was in fact ok before sending him back out to do his third lift. Time ran short and although Tim did an amazing last lift the refs declared it a "no lift" saying Tim didn’t get the barbell off the floor before the time ran out. You be the judge though in looking at these pictures below that his coach shared on Instagram.

All in All it was a great second Nationals for Tim. Even though the refs aren’t calling it a lift we are. He did 5/6 on the day unofficially. From the ref call it was only a 4/6 on lifts on the day.

Bad calls happen and bad days happen. Tim is no stranger to that from the previous sport he did. But we are so incredibly proud of him for going right back out there and making that last lift.

Had the refs called his last lift a lift Tim would’ve brought home Bronze for his Clean & Jerk lifts. The medal doesn’t matter to Tim though. He'd just would like his lift to be counted because it was in fact a lift.

Here is Tim's video. Turn up the volume and listen for when the buzzer sounds and look where his barbell is when it does sound:

Here are some pics we got before he competed:

His Athlete Credentials.

Ready to go lift.