This year’s African Champion, ALI Ahmed Sayed Ashour (EGY) took all three golds in the men’s 96kg bodyweight category. With three good lifts in the Snatch, finishing at 165kg, ALI was the best, just us in the Clean and Jerk with 200kg but missing his last attempt at 206kg. Interestingly, all the 11 participants of […]
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There was no challenge in winning for NYE Katherine Elizabeth in the women’s 71kg session, she scored a glorious victory on the fifth competition day of the Junior World Championships in Suva, Fiji. Only one month ago, she won the Pan-American Championships and set several records on the way. “It was a quick turnaround after […]
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Chinese Weightlifting Association President praised Weightlifting Fiji for hosting well-prepared championships. Chinese team impressed by beautiful scenery, well-prepared competition facilities The recently re-elected President of the Chinese Weightlifting Association, ZHOU Jinqiang, thanked Weightlifting Fiji and Organizing Committee for a well prepared 2019 Junior World Championships Monday in Suva. “I’m so happy to be here in […]
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The venue filled with loud cheering when OPELOGE Don (SAM), niece of the Samoan legend Elle Opeloge, the only Olympic silver medallist of the country, successfully finished his last lift and won the men’s 89kg session. The OPELOGE family is truly bound to the sport, there are seven OPELOGES with international results. In the Snatch, […]
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Chinese team pocketed the fourth gold medal, LIAO Guifang easily won the women’s 64kg bodyweight category. Three athletes took all the medals, with steady performances of the first three athletes, the ranking table did not change during the competition. In the Snatch, PALACIO DAJOMES Angie Paola, who is following her older sisters footsteps on the […]
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