The multiple Olympic and World Champion VALENTIN PEREZ Lidia could not defend her title in the women’s 81kg at the World Championships in Pattaya, where she was defeated by Columbian SOLIS ARBOLEDA Leidy Yessenia, not only in the first lift but in Total as well. In the Snatch, they were both left behind by the […]
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The North Korean RIM Jong Sim won the women’s 76kg bodyweight category competition on Tuesday at the Senior World Championships in Pattaya, THA. The 2019 Asian Champion and Silver Medallist at last year’s WWC gained a significant advance in the Snatch over her biggest rival, 2018 World Champion of the W71 category, ZHANG Wangli, who […]
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China now won in 8 bodyweight categories (men and women) so far at the 2019 IWF World Championships in Pattaya. On the seventh day of the competition, TIAN Tao stood on the top podium. In the Snatch, the Bronze Medallist at this years European Championships, PLIESNOI Anton (GEO) was first with 181kg, who up until […]
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The nine medals were split between six lifters in the men’s 89kg bodyweight category today in Pattaya. In the tight competition in the Snatch, Georgian DAVITADZE Revaz proved to be the best with 172kg cutting ahead of Belarus and Venezuelan rivals, who both lifted the same, 169kg: BERSANAU Aliaksandr and VALLENILLA SANCHEZ Keydomar Giovanni. The […]
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It is the first time in 40 years, that two women stood on the podium on a World Championships! NYE Katherina Elizabeth and ROGERS Martha Ann wrote their names in the history books in the women’s 71kg competition on the sixth day of the WWC in Pattaya. NYE swiped all three gold medals and ROGERS […]
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