Five lifters shared the Medals in the women’s 59kg bodyweight category. The one who won the most, 2 Golds and 1 Silver was KUO Hsing-Chun (TPE), who also set 4 World Records along the way. The two times World Champion and Rio Olympics Bronze Medallist, after lifting 100kg and 103kg, also successfully lifted 105kg, a […]
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Once again, an Asian winner was announced in the Men’s 67kg bodyweight category, after winner from PRK and INA in the past days. Today a Chinese athlete claimed the first place. CHEN Lijun, 2013 and 2015 World Champion ranked second in the Snatch with 150kg, behind his compatriot, HUANG Minhao lifting 152kg, but only finished […]
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The weightlifting world mournes the untimely death of the Armenian legend considered by many as one of the All-Time Greatest. Vardanyan won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, becoming the world’s first weightlifter to achieve a 400 kilogram total in the 82.5 kg bodyweight category. He was a seven-times World and five-times European […]
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After the women’s 45 and 49kg, once again, a Thai lifter took the lead in the 55kg bodyweight category. SRISURAT Sukanya (THA) broke the World Standard with her first lift in the Snatch, what she improved to 103kg and then to 105kg. In the Clean and Jerk, the 2016 Olympic Champion and two times World […]
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IRAWAN Eko Yuli (INA), who was on the latest edition of WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING magazine, confirmed he deserved to be there: after winning the Asian Games, he became World Champion setting a World Record on the way. The 29-year-old winner has already 2 Olympic Bronze Medals and a Silver one. He has several World Championships Medals, […]
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