M73kg
Provisional OQR 10th = 332, qualifying total = 333.
BEN HNIA Karem TUN did 146/149x/149x + 180/187x/187x = 326.
146 looked close to maximal, 149 looked capable but just not mentally/technically there.
2nd attempt CJ failed for unknown reason (timed out or just mentally checked out of lifting it?). 3rd was a deadlift.
W81kg
Sara AHMED EGY hit a very good 117 snatch + 151 clean and jerk, 268 total. Moves her from #3 81kg (@76) to #2.
Both lifts look like she was capable of ~2-3kg more, given her historical intensity-difficulty curve. A big improvement over Bogota (BW 74.4) physically and technically. Probably largely due to bodyweight increase to 80.05, which you can say about athletes other than when they're American or heavily on social media (then it's because they worked so hard on their techinque!!!!!)
Obviously Egypt has a big doping history including in recent years (and she has a previous positive) but she doesn't look megasauced, just mildly sauced but 6kg thicker and much stronger for it. IMO she was capable of 272-275 today.
We'll see if the results remain, as it goes for all of the countries with long doping histories.
M89kg
ABOKAHLA Karim EGY, 162/167x/167 + 200/208/213x, 375 total.
213 was an African record Jerk attempt. Not sure how he missed, the slideshow presentation wasn't very illustrative.
Provisional OQR #6.
M102kg
- SALEM Yasser Usama Hemdan Mohamed EGY 168/208/376, 6/6 lifts.
- TOUAIRI Aymen ALG, 166 (171x) + 203 (208x, 211x)
- MOHAMED MAHMOUD Selim Abdelalim EGY 164 (170x, 170x) + 200 (205x, 205x)
Yasser Osama won this with intelligent attempt selection and not shitting the bed on the platform. Subjectively, he looked like the 3rd strongest lifter.
They're not top 10 but maybe good enough for the Tripartite commission to put in a Universality spot or whatever it's called.
The other (non-African) contender could be Don OPELOGE SAM/OCE, who has historically done 381@96 in 2022, but most recently did 370 (160/165x/165 + 200/205x/205) at 101.2kg.
Given that Africa is a stronger continent than Oceania and OPELOGE is one of Oceania's few genuine international contenders, I would bet they'd have to beat him to be eligible for the IOC decided spot.