A national record soon after startingSourced
She had trained for only days.
Then she qualified for competition.
Solfrid Koanda entered weightlifting in 2020 after a CrossFit coach recruited her. Within days she qualified for her first meet, where she set a Norwegian record. She later won Olympic gold.
Her start was fast;
her career kept rising.
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