IWF World Cup 2024: Seven Australians in fray at last Paris Olympics weightlifting qualifier - full schedule, where to watch live

The IWF World Cup 2024, the final qualifying event for weightlifting at the Paris Olympics, gets underway in Phuket, Thailand from Sunday.

Australia’s seven-member weightlifting team for the Phuket meet includes five women and two men. Commonwealth Games medallists Eileen Cikamatana and Sarah Cochrane are part of the team. Live streaming of IWF World Cup 2024 weightlifting events will be available in Australia.

Athletes competing at the IWF World Cup 2024 will earn a shot to improve their Olympic Qualification Ranking (OQR). The OQR is based on the best total results (snatch + clean and jerk) the athletes manage to lift in any of the qualifying competitions.

The top 10 weightlifters in the Olympic weight classes based on OQR, which will have the highest-ranked athlete per country in each weight category, will obtain Olympic quotas for their national teams after the qualification cycle ends in April.

The IWF World Cup 2024 in Phuket, which concludes on April 11, is also a compulsory event for Paris 2024 hopefuls and attendance at the meet is mandatory to be eligible to compete at the Summer Games in July-August.

On the Paris 2024 OQR table, Cikamatana is well-placed at fifth in the women’s 81kg and will compete in Group A of the same weight category in Phuket.

Kiana Elliott, who won the gold medal at the Oceania Championships in Auckland earlier this year, will be in action in the women’s 59kg. A toned-down Brenna Kean, who previously competed in the 59kg, will feature in the women’s 49kg.

Sarah Cochrane and Jacqueline Nichelle will battle in the women’s 71kg. With a best total lift of 213kg, Nichelle is currently ahead of Cochrane in the OQR.

Among Australian weightlifters in the men’s category, Oliver Saxton and Kyle Bruce will lift in the men’s 89kg.

Where to watch IWF World Cup 2024 live in Australia

Live streaming of the IWF World Cup 2024 events will be on the International Weightlifting Federation’s Facebook page.

IWF World Cup 2024: Australia team

• Brenna Kean - women’s 49kg Group B
• Kiana Elliott - women’s 59kg Group C
• Oliver Saxton - men’s 89kg Group D
• Kyle Bruce - men’s 89kg Group C
• Sarah Cochrane - women’s 71kg Group C
• Jacqueline Nichelle - women’s 71kg Group C
• Eileen Cikamatana - women’s 81kg Group A

IWF World Cup 2024 schedule and live Australia start times

As per Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)

March 31, Sunday

• Women’s 45kg Group B - 3:30 PM
• Men’s 55kg Group B - 6:00 PM
• Women’s 45kg Group A - 11:00 PM

April 1, Monday

• Women’s 49kg Group C - 1:30 AM
• Women’s 55kg Group C - 1:00 PM
• Men’s 61kg Group C - 3:30 PM
• Women’s 49kg Group B - 6:00 PM
• Women’s 49kg Group A - 8:30 PM
• Men’s 55kg Group A - 11:00 PM

April 2, Tuesday

• Women’s 59kg Group D - 1:00 PM
• Men’s 61kg Group B - 3:30 PM
• Women’s 55kg Group B - 6:00 PM
• Men’s 61kg Group A - 8:30 PM
• Women’s 55kg Group A - 11:00 PM

April 3, Wednesday

• Women’s 59kg Group C - 1:30 AM
• Men’s 73kg Group D - 1:00 PM
• Men’s 67kg Group C - 3:30 PM
• Men’s 67kg Group B - 6:00 PM
• Women’s 59kg Group B - 8:30 PM
• Women’s 59kg Group A - 11:00 PM

April 4, Thursday

• Women’s 64kg Group C - 1:00 PM
• Men’s 73kg Group C - 3:30 PM
• Men’s 73kg Group B - 6:00 PM
• Men’s 67kg Group A - 8:30 PM
• Men’s 73kg Group A - 11 PM

April 5, Friday

• Men’s 89kg Group D - 1:00 PM
• Men’s 89kg Group C - 3:30 PM
• Men’s 81kg Group C - 6:00 PM
• Women 64kg Group B - 8:30 PM
• Women 64kg Group A - 11 PM

April 6, Saturday

• Women’s 71kg Group D - 1:00 PM
• Men’s 81kg Group B - 3:30 PM
• Men’s 89kg Group B - 6:00 PM
• Men’s 81kg Group A - 8:30 PM
• Men’s 89kg Group A - 11 PM

April 7, Sunday

• Women’s 71kg Group C - 1:30 AM
• Men’s 96kg Group C - 1:00 PM
• Women’s 71kg Group B - 3:30 PM
• Men’s 96kg Group B - 6:00 PM
• Men’s 96kg Group A - 8:30 PM
• Women’s 71kg Group A - 11 PM

April 8, Monday

• Men’s 102kg Group D - 1:30 AM
• Men’s 102kg Group C - 1:00 PM
• Men’s 102kg Group B - 3:30 PM
• Women’s 76kg Group B - 6:00 PM
• Women’s 76kg Group A - 8:30 PM
• Men’s 102kg Group A - 11 PM

April 9, Tuesday

• Women’s 81kg Group D - 1:30 AM
• Women’s 81kg Group C - 1:00 PM
• Women’s 81kg Group B - 3:30 PM
• Women’s 87kg Group B - 6:00 PM
• Women’s 81kg Group A - 8:30 PM
• Women’s 87kg Group A - 11 PM

April 10, Wednesday

• Women’s +87kg Group C - 1:30 AM
• Women’s +87kg Group B - 3:30 PM
• Men’s 109kg Group B - 6:00 PM
• Women’s +87kg Group A - 8:30 PM
• Men’s 109kg Group A - 11 PM

April 11, Thursday

• Men’s +109kg Group C - 3:30 PM
• Men’s +109kg Group B - 6:00 PM
• Men’s +109kg Group A - 8:30 PM