The Uzbek lifter, DAVRONOVA won the Junior World Champion title in the 90kg bodyweight category, after ranking 5th in the Snatch here in Tashkent. RIOTTO Juliana Rose (USA), who have recorded two IWF registered competitions so far, finishing at the 8th place on the occasion of the 2017 Junior Worlds took the lead in the Snatch with […]
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2018 Friday 13th is a rather lucky day: one of the most prominent weightlifters of all time, Kakhi Kakhiashvili is celebrating his birthday today! The three times Olympic Champion Georgian legend, who is currently the President the Georgian Weightlifting Federation, won his first Olympic Gold Medal at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, as part of […]
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On Day 6 at the 2018 IWF Junior World Championships, the platform gave place to a two-man trial between ELBAKH Fares Ibrahim E. H. (QAT) 2017 Junior World Champion and RIVAS MOSQUERA Jhonatan (COL), who finished 5th at the same competition. Both athletes moved up a bodyweight category from 85kg to 94kg. During the Snatch, […]
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DAJOMES BARRERA Neisi Patricia (ECU), highly experienced lifter for her fairly young age (20-year-old) excelled once again. Silver Medallist 2017 IWF World Championships, she became Junior World Champion for the third time in a row. Only DAJOMES lifted over 100kg in the Snatch and with 105kg she got her first Gold here in Tashkent. ALWINE […]
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Fulfilling the predictions, the Egyptian 2016 Olympic Games Bronze Medallist AHMED Sara Samir Elsayed Mohamed won all Golds in the women 69kg bodyweight category with a huge advantage. The 20-year-old AHMED won the Junior World Champion title after again after a first success in 2015. Three years ago, she won with 232kg, while this time […]
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