The fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games 2022 (YOG) will be held in Dakar, Senegal. The decision was unanimously taken by a show of hands from the full International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership during the IOC Session in Buenos Aires. This is the first time the Youth Olympic Games will be organised in […]
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Two athletes stood out in the Men’s 77kg bodyweight category. The 2018 European Youth Champion MARGARYAN Karen (ARM) and the 2018 Asian Youth Champion TOSHTEMIROV Mukhammadkodir (UZB). The two secured considerable advantage in the Snatch. The Armenian lifter ended with 141kg while the Uzbek registered 140kg. Third place MOSTAFA Abdalla Galal Mohamed (EGY) came in […]
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By Kevin Farley For the first time since her debut at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016, Morghan King (USA) returned to South America. This time not as an athlete to compete, but to serve the sport as an Athlete Role Model at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. […]
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African Youth and Junior Champion BELKHIR Ghofrane (TUN) also ranking third at the IWF Junior World Championships put on a show at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. Her main rival in the Women’s 58kg was SAID Neama Said Fahmi (EGY), first at the African Youth Games. It is the first time the two […]
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By Kevin Farley Pyrros Dimas always draws a crowd. For the three-time Olympic Champion, walking through a weightlifting venue is like attending a family reunion. “Weightlifting is like my family,” Dimas said. “No matter where in the world I go, I have family with me.” Representing Greece in four Olympic Games, Dimas says the ideals […]
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