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'I have a lot of love and support': Team USA Olympic weightlifter training at home for Tokyo
Amy Zimmer
Sports Director
'I have a lot of love and support': Team USA Olympic weightlifter training at home for Tokyo
GAME FIVE SET F OR WEDNESDAY IN NEW YORK. TIP OFF AT 7:30. FROM BEAUFORT - SOUTH CAROLINA TO TOKYO. C.J. CUMMINGS IS HEADED TO THE SUMMER OLYMPICS. I SAT DOWN WITHHE 20-YEAR OLD AHEAD OF LEAVING FOR TRAINING CAMP NEXT MONTH. 0:01 0:18 NATS BEAUFORT NATIVE C.J. CUMMINGS IS HOME TRAINING TO DO SOMETHING NO ONE FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA HAS DONE BEFORE. NATS CUMMINGS PREPARING TO COMPETE AT THE 2020 TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES THIS SUMMER. SOT CJ CUMMINGS "WHEN THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNEMENT HAPPEN, EDIT WAS AMAZING CABEUSE I HAVE A LOT OF LOVE AND SUPPT ORD AN TO GET THAT KIND OF LOVE AND SUPPORT WAS AMAZING. THE ANNOUNCMENT COMINA G YEAR LATER. CUMMINGS WAS A LOCK TO MAKE HIS OLYMPIC DEBUT IN 2020 HOWEVER COVID- 19 FORCED THE GAMES TO BE POSTPONED. SOT CJ "A LOT OF ATHLETESERE W FIGHTING TO HAVE IT IN 2020 BUT YOU KNOW I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THE POSITIVES. LIKE YOU KNOW I SAY YOU KNOW WHAT IT GIVES ME A WHOLE NOTHER' YEAR TO TRAIN AND GET BETTER FOR THIS YEAR." SOT Y AM "YOU HOLD 23 DIFFERENT AMERICAN WEIGHTLIFTING RECORDS AND HAVE RACKED UP A LOT OF HARDWARE THROUGHOUT YOUR YOUNG CAREER, H OW SPECL IAWOULD IT BE TO ADD A GOLD MEDAL TO YOUR COLLECTION ?" AT JUST 20 YEARS OLD, CUMMINGS WAS THE YOUNGES OF EIGHT SELECTED THETO BEGINNG.IN COMING UP MONDAY RIGHT HERE ON WJCL 2 2. C.J. SHARES HOW GROWI NG UP IN BEAUFORT HAS HELD PE HIM GET WHERE HE IS TODAY. MONDAY NIGHT ON WJCL NEWS AT S
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'I have a lot of love and support': Team USA Olympic weightlifter training at home for Tokyo
Amy Zimmer
Sports Director
C.J. Cummings is home training to do something no one from the state of South Carolina has done before. Cummings is set to compete on the U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Summer games."When the official announcement happened, it was amazing," Cummings said. "I had a lot of love and support. To get that kind of love and support was amazing."The announcement came a year later. Cummings was set to make his Olympic debut in 2020, but COVID-19 forced the games to be postponed."A lot of athletes were fighting to have it in 2020," Cummings explained. "I just thought about the positives. I said, 'You know what? It gives me a whole another year to train and get better for this year.'"Cummings holds 23 different American weightlifting records and has racked up a lot of hardware throughout his young career. Now, Cummings hopes to add a gold medal to his collection."It would be amazing. That would be like the best," he said. "The ultimate award for my trophy collection."
BEAUFORT, S.C. —

C.J. Cummings is home training to do something no one from the state of South Carolina has done before.

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Cummings is set to compete on the U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Summer games.

"When the official announcement happened, it was amazing," Cummings said. "I had a lot of love and support. To get that kind of love and support was amazing."

The announcement came a year later. Cummings was set to make his Olympic debut in 2020, but COVID-19 forced the games to be postponed.

"A lot of athletes were fighting to have it in 2020," Cummings explained. "I just thought about the positives. I said, 'You know what? It gives me a whole another year to train and get better for this year.'"

Cummings holds 23 different American weightlifting records and has racked up a lot of hardware throughout his young career. Now, Cummings hopes to add a gold medal to his collection.

"It would be amazing. That would be like the best," he said. "The ultimate award for my trophy collection."