An athlete and a retired coach with an age difference of 60 years represented the past and future health of Italian weightlifting on day six of the IWF World Youth Championships in Durres, Albania. In his second international competition Simone Abati (ITA) went up 15kg in body weight and 78kg in performance to finish second […]
Local fans had good reasons to celebrate the third day of the Pan-American Championships, taking place in Bariloche, as Argentinean Tatiana Ullua shone in the women’s 64kg, taking the gold medals at stake. In the snatch, Ullua lifted 92kg, followed by a 111kg effort in the clean and jerk and a winning total of 203kg. […]
After the conclusion of the fifth day and 14th event at the IWF World Youth Championships in Durres, Turkmenistan is the second most medalled country in Albania, with a total of 10 awards, six of them gold. The Philippines are the actual leaders of the medal chart, with 12 podium presences (including seven victories). The […]
Thailand had two debut winners on day five of the IWF World Youth Championships and one of them, Thanaporn Saetia, is hoping to step straight up to senior level by lifting at the Asian Championships in Jinju, Korea next month. Saetia was impressive in taking a sweep of golds in the women’s 64kg, failing only […]
The second day of the Pan-American Championships, being held in Bariloche (ARG) until April 2, was marked by clear wins from the dominators of the three categories at stake. In the women’s 55kg, Shoely Mego Contreras, from Peru, controlled operations with a 85kg snatch, a successful clean & jerk of 107kg, and an accumulated total […]