The Olympic and multiple World Champion, Georgian title defender, TALAKHADZE Lasha won the +109kg bodyweight category competition with a fantastic performance at the last day of the 2019 IWF World Championships. TALAKHADZE gave no chance for the rest of the field and collected all the Gold Medals breaking all World Records on the way. In […]
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Two Chinese and a Russian formed trio rivalized in the heaviest women’s bodyweight category, the +87kg, for the first place and finally, LI Wenwen (CHN) came out victorious. The Snatch World Record holder performed one kilogram under her best, 147kg, but took away both the Clean and Jerk and Total records from Russian KASHIRINA Tatiana, […]
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WANG Zhouyu (CHN) was Champion of the 76kg category last year, now jumped in the 87kg’s competition and won all the Gold Medals easily. Only KIM Un Ju (PRK) could keep up with her but was left 5kg behind in the Snatch by the Chinese who lifted 120kg. PEREZ REVERON Naryury Alexandra (VEN) earned the […]
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Defending champion Armenian MARTIROSYAN Simon won all three Gold Medals in the men’s 109kg bodyweight category. He triumphed in the Clean and Jerk and Total effortlessly but had a hard fight for the Snatch first place. First in the Snatch, this year’s Asian Champion and 2018 World Championships Silver Medallist, Chinese YANG Zhe set a […]
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Cutting ahead of the medal favorites, North-Korean JIN Yunseong won the Snatch with 397kg in the men’s 102kg category this Wednesday at the World Championships in Thailand but clinched the overall Gold from Belorus TSIKHANSOU Yauheni, European Champion this year in 96kg category. In the Snatch, the Belorus lifter was 1kg behind JIN and GASPARYAN […]
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