The Masters World Championships, held in L’Hospitalet, Barcelona from 17 to 25 of August had a record amount of entries. The interest for the year’s most important Masters meeting was so high, the organisers decided to install a second competition platform, which is unique in the event’s history. The athletes had the privilege to compete […]
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The weightlifting competition in Jakarta, Indonesia ended yesterday with DPR Korean lifter Kim Kuk-hyang taking the last gold medal in women’s +75kg bodyweight category. This was North Korea’s 8th gold medal on this competition, 10 medals in total taking the lead in the medals ranking. Thailand won 7 medals, while Uzbekistan and the Republic of […]
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Sohrab Moradi of Iran broke weightlifting’s longest standing world record on his way to gold in the men’s 94kg bodyweight category at the Asian Games on Saturday (Aug 25). Moradi hoisted 189kg in the competition’s opening discipline to better the Snatch record set at 188kg in 1999 by Greece’s Akakios Kakiasvilis. Moradi now has a […]
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USA Weightlifting hosted the first-ever International Women’s Weightlifting Camp in Las Vegas over the weekend. 24 women representing 11 different countries joined USA Weightlifting’s President and IWF Vice President, Ursula Garza Papandrea and coaches Aimee Everett and Erin Andica at Average Broz Gym for four days of training and speakers. Countries represented included USA, Kenya, […]
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Triumphant weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz has her sights set firmly on Olympic gold, inspired by her new Chinese coach, but first she might just indulge in a guilty passion — cheesecake and bubble tea. “The sacrifices you make are so hard when you’re training every day,” she told AFP after winning the Philippines’ first gold medal […]
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