Nye for the first, Talakhadze for the third time Just like in 2017 and 2018, Lasha TALAKHADZE became the year’s Best Male Lifter in 2019 again at the Lifters of the Year election. In WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING’s voting, the Best Woman Lifter is Katherine Elizabeth NYE. Starting with the latter is not only dictated by politeness […]
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After several successful events in recent years, Uzbekistan hosted another outstanding event, the 2020 Asian Junior and Youth Championships was held between 13th and 19th of February in Tashkent. The Uzbek capital saw 202 athletes lifting this past week (85 women and 117 men) from 17 countries, including both age groups. In the Junior competitions, […]
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The International Fajr Cup, a Silver Level Qualification Event for Tokyo 2020 was organized for the 5th time this year, hosted by Iran in the city of Rasht, from 1-5 February 2020. Altogether, 13 national teams, consisting 31 athletes took part, including World and Olympic champions such as EKO Yuli Irawan (INA), who did not […]
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Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan has restricted all forms of passengers’ travel from and to countries neighbouring China as the outbreak continues to widen. The AWF Executive Board discussed the situation with the utmost urgency and agreed to relocate the host country from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan. […]
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The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) today revealed the official Games Motto, “United by Emotion”. The Motto emphasizes the power of sport to bring together people from diverse backgrounds of every kind and allow them to connect and celebrate in a way that reaches beyond their differences. The Games […]
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