She's been around a while too, I remember her as a lil youth back in 2014. But she didn't get to go to Rio or Tokyo, and now not Paris. Hopefully she gets the next one.

@@carlosrojas01 They say her name at 1:42:32 and again at 1:45:26 and also her county of origin at 1:46:01

@@carlosrojas01 what are you talking about? They were literally GUSHING over her. They called her the greatest lifter on the planet (which she IS). I'm a HUGE fan of Ri Song Gum (my favorite lifter) and I thought they gave her ample recognition. I woke early to watch the live broadcast. The 49's are my favorite division and I TOO am a Giulia Imperio fan.

Halo effect

Mainly, it’s because she’s attractive lol

​@@jolssoni2499ronda rousey effect

@@fishstraws626 yeah, many start watching once they start to see hot girls. I started watching strong man/woman too because of Melissa Peacock :) and

It’s all bullshit hype.

I hope she is picked for 2024 Paris Olympics. She is a worthy gold Olympic medalist. Its baffling Imperio is even taking any real footage time. It seems WL spent more time talking about imperio and not enough on the top 3, which we the real weightlifting fans paid for.

They would. They know simps will click straight away. Those girls can’t hack it. With all the yelling and bullshet 😂 emote emote bolshet 😂

The hyper fixation on a lifter not even going to the Olympics is annoying.

@@JimTheTheexactly

Hot chicks get clicks

And we know exactly why they do it

They managed it well the past two or three days. This one is crazy. And, they challenged that decission.

Right next to her picture it says 'last chance qualifier' and people can't understand why she's featured on the thumbnail? Ridiculous.

Because there are asían lifters making history right now and they are being shadowed because they don't have the looks like Giulia. Giulia is overrated as hell. Weightlifting is not about looks brother.

@@funkydoggie6487 That sounds like a you issue, brother. None of the other lifters are being overshadowed by not appearing on the thumbnail.

@@8_bit_Andy all I'm saying is that Giulia shouldn't been the face of the category because there are more successful lifters in the category and Giulia bombed out all of her attempts

@@funkydoggie6487 You're right that she should not be the face of this category. I don't watch a lot of this channel, but I get the sense from other comments that WH uses Giulia for clickbait a little too much, so I understand the push back. In this particular meet tho, I feel like her story going into the last chance qualifier was the most compelling and her 3rd lift in the snatch made her the right choice for the thumbnail.

To give even more context Surodchana Khambao her teammate and her both were battling for a spot. Both made a 200kg total at Asians last year. Though because Khambao did it first she was ranked higher. This session looked like Thunya could break 200 and take the lead. But alias she won't be going to the Olympics because she made her total 2 minutes after her teammate.

@@user-cr3vz2jh9c I agree with you. And yes, I am a weightlifter.

01:13:30 - so heartbreaking this session

She did 55s

@@AJsaurus15 I can see why she switched, but seems like they won’t upload that category ):

​@@MaltMusicX guess what, they just did HAHA

@@AJsaurus15 ooooou yeaah

My jaw was already on the floor after her second attempt...I hadn't had time to pick it up. The fact that she walked out to take her third attempt blew my mind.

She hasn't really done anything of note, she did win Euros this year, but that was on the basis that Olivia Reeves couldn't win a medal. Reeves beat Toma by like 15KG. I hope we see Toma in shape for the Olympics. At the World Cup Toma came like 12th.

@@SomeSeriousWeight not shot in hell, injury + the other athletes improving too much. She will finish maybe 6-7th if she has the meet of her life

North Korean can’t compete in the olympics..and I’m not sure why

​@@abdulrahimroslan1771 Because they were serving a doping ban. So by the time the penalty elapsed they were too late to make the OQR

They did not compete at Worlds last year which was a mandatory event if you want to go to the Olympics.

Oh I see. Thank you all for the answers.

Could not have said it any better. There were so many athletes with outstanding performances in this session. Even 2 world records were broken.

Being an attractive woman who can snatch 85kg is far more rare, and dare I say more impressive overall, than being an entirely unattractive woman who can snatch 95kg. I actually think the opposite of what you're saying is true -- the sport should be trying to market its attractive female lifters and should push the other female lifters to look more presentable and attractive. Men's weightlifting has a natural advantage in that it tends to lend itself to attractive features in men. On the women's side, by marketing attractive female lifters and by showing that good female lifters can be attractive, (i) men will be more likely to watch and (ii) normal woman are more apt to say "wow, women can be strong AND attractive!". Keep in mind that "minimizing the efforts of champions because of subjective standards" can apply to women's weightlifting on the whole. For example, if I want to see just the best of the best at each weight, why would I even bother with the women's division at all? At the 2020 Olympics, the 3 medalists in 61kg (the lowest men's weight class) had higher totals than all but one female lifter -- not one weight class, but a SINGLE lifter, the gold medalist from China in the women's unlimited class. Why even bother watching if those are just substandard lifts? One reason is to see that attractive women can compete and be pretty strong.

@@Sajidov3 Congrats on the award for "most idiotic take of the year"

It's just using a notable athlete to get people to click on the video. Regardless of attractiveness, no one who's seen a few viral clips of the Giulias on Instagram knows who Ri Song Gum is, and they wouldn't click on her.

@@Sajidov3 I mean come on by that logic being an attractive woman who can snatch 85kg on one leg is even more rare that doesn't mean the world needs to stop watching two legged lifters. Life isn't fair I get it some are pretty and strong some aren't, we apply rules to make things as fair as possible so that people can standout as much as possible on their merit. That's why we have weight classes. Attractiveness is subjective for the most part and even if it wasn't it shouldn't play as much of a role because no that's just how your born it's not something you worked hard for. The person in that weight category that won the event worked the hardest and committed the most time and took the most risks and approached it the best way but they won't get sponsors and they have to suffer in life because people don't like how they look, and for the fans of the sport we will never learn how that athlete became the best because our attention has gone to the shiny new thing. This isn't an attack on imperio! I really was rooting for her to qualify for the Olympics and her last snatch was epic! I hope she stays healthy and peaks perfectly for the next Olympics. This approach of using a "marketable athletes" by organizations has backfired so much even for the marketable athlete. She's probably going to get criticism over this and in the back of her head she might even start to think do I even deserve to be here or am I here because they like to look at me. She was completely in her head during the competition this approach ruins the athlete and the sport. The aesthetic based fitness has been completely ruined by this approach because in many cases the "attractive" people go into it knowing they will win because it promotes the sport, why compete if you know you wont even truly win the competition? It might honestly even discourage potential greats in the future, the risk associated with weightlifting is far too great to not be passionate about that actual sport and the process and if we are pushing the athletes taking that risk aside might as well cancel the sport. Weightlifting house will get it's clicks but progress will be halted.

this is insanity at this point

@@Mr.Ciobanu I mean she's from my country so, good, but it is pretty funny

@@Mr.Ciobanu Also made 1!! out of 6 lifts

Its weird, on one side its good to give the sport visibility/views, but on the other the people who tune in get really disapointed just as you or ask something bizarre like "Did she won????"

especially considering Hou Zhihui BROKE A WORLD RECORD at 51:30! You’d think that would be noteworthy!

She is more concerned about her makeup, Instagram diva mode.

Already safe in top 10, didnt need to participate

@@kasra_mlg :)

Yeah dude needs to chillax with the clickbait and simping

@@rundown132 I think you two are projecting your own issues.

@@loganit0 Stop simping for the channel. They are spot on with their remarks. All this channel does is profit from Imperio's snatch

I was wondering the same thing…

She's alright. It's the people hyping her up that are overrating her for views

@@nattyfatty6.0 hence that’s why she’s overrated

Yeah really gotta up the doses if she wants to have a chance

@@abdulrahimroslan1771 Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit

I'm really getting annoyed with the 'skip in 5' ads that can't actually be skipped and go straight into a 2nd ad or 16 second countdown. YT is getting real shady with their ads now that they lost the adblock fight.

@@8_bit_Andy YES YES YES!! I agree! I’ve never ever watched a KZfaq Channel with the amount AD’s that this channel has!! It’s beyond frustrating. The whole “skip in 5” is never the case!! It’s adds more and more time before the video continues to play. It’s ridiculous. I need to find a different channel that uploads these competitions.

Just use an adblocker bro. I literally have never seen an ad on youtube since 2011

@@mmm-px6wc Ohh how do I do that please?

@lottie8970 you can use "ublock origin" which is an extension available on chrome, firefox, edge etc. You can also use a browser called "brave" which has a native adblocker

What is a woman ? - Joe Brandon 😂😂

They did? Multiple times. What are you on about?

They mention North Korea twenty-two times during the video and say Ri Song Gum's name eleven times. Mostly while she's on stage. Please watch the video first next time you dolt.

Wow! It looks like being a brain donor has certain undesirable side effects. Who knew?

For some athletes, just making it to the olympics is a dream realized.