Last Sunday, 23rd September, David Liti broke the oldest New Zealand record of 175kg Snatch in the +105kg bodyweight category, previously held by Nigel Avery – 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist. Liti snatched 176kg to break the record by 1kg. The New Zealand National Championships produced some excellent results and an impressive number of […]
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More than just muscles are necessary to compete in any sport. Other essentials are required for the game to make sense. Can you imagine tennis, beach volleyball, futsal, hockey 5s, rugby sevens, table tennis, beach handball or 3×3 basketball without a ball? The Sports Equipment sector of the Buenos Aires 2018 Organising Committee is in […]
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Yesterday, 3rd of October SportsTravel Magazine awarded the 2017 International Weightlifting Federation World Weightlifting Championships with its Best Amateur Single-Sport Event Award. Held November 28 through December 5, 2017 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, the 2017 IWF World Weightlifting Championships hosted 328 athletes from 68 different nations. At the event, 5 world […]
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Name: Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke D.O.B.: 20 April 1988 Nationality: French Bodyweight category: 75kg Major medals (Total): 2015 European Weightlifting Championships (Tblisi, Georgia) – Silver 2016 European Weightlifting Championships (Førde, Norway) – Silver 2017 IWF World Championships (Anaheim, USA) – Bronze 2018 European Weightlifting Championships (Bucharest, Romania) – Silver 2018 XVIII Mediterranean Games (Tarragona, Spain) – Silver Personal Bests: […]
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In the framework of the 2018 Olympic Solidarity Program, the Myanmar Weightlifting Federation – jointly with the IOC, IWF and the Myanmar Olympic Committee – organized a Level 1 Coaching Course in Naypyitaw, Myanmar from 19 – 26 September. The course was lectured by expert Mr. Tamás Fehér, who gave both theoretical and practical lessons to the 31 attendees. […]
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