Impressive lifts from the Rio 2016 Olympic Champion in the Snatch. TALAKHADZE Lasha (GEO) added 3kg to his previous World Record setting the new one to 220kg. TALAKHADZE is now only two world titles shy of the record for a lifter representing Georgia, as ASANIDZE Georgi (GEO) won five world titles in the 77kg and […]
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Bronze Medallist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and reigning Pan-American champion ROBLES Sarah Elizabeth (USA) was the only lifter in the Women’s +90kg bodyweight category to end with three good lifts in the Snatch. She took her first Gold with 126kg. She was followed by HUBBARD Laurel (NZL) who missed her last lift at […]
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The Women’s 90kg bodyweight category made its world championships debut. HOTFRID Anastasiia (GEO), who won all three titles in the Women’s 90kg at the 2017 European Junior & Under 23 Championships, became Georgia’s first medal winner in women’s weightlifting at the World Championships. The last athlete from Georgia to claim all three world titles in […]
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Both HASHEMI Ali (IRI) and EFREMOV Ivan (UZB) missed their Snatch at 186kg leaving them with a 183kg good lift for the first and 182kg for the second. ARROYO VALDEZ Jorge David (ECU) made it third lifting 181kg in the B group. The Clean and Jerk changed the order as HASHEMI only made it third […]
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VALENTIN PEREZ Lydia (ESP) came out last to take her three consecutive attempts in the Snatch – all of them being good lifts. The three times Olympic Medallist (Silver in 2008, Gold in 2012 and Bronze in 2016) and reigning European Champion easily lifted 110kg followed by 115kg and finally 118kg. She secured her Total […]
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