After a fascinating Opening Ceremony, the 2017 Taipei Universiade commenced with weightlifting producing the first medal winners of the Games. FISU President Oleg MATSYSIN presented the gold medal to Olympic champion superstar OM Yun Chol who excelled with 5 new Universiade records and a very nearly missed world record at 172kg in clean and jerk […]
The first teams have already arrived in Taipei and started their training at the Tamkang University Training Venue. Nearly 300 lifters are expected to participate in the Universiade 2017. The total number of university athletes at these FISU Games is expected to rise above 8,000. The weightlifting competitions will start on 20 August and run […]
These days marked one year on from the Olympic Games Rio 2016, what was extraordinary in so many ways. Watched by half the world’s population and with a staggering 7 billion video views of official content on social media platforms – Rio 2016 delivered many inspiring athletic achievements and proved once again the tremendous unifying power of […]
Pedro Meloni, former Weightlifting Sport Manager for the Rio2016 Olympic Games and Attila Adamfi Director General before Rio 2016 paid a visit to the ZKC factory to monitor the process of the games’ sport equipment. The pictures above show the journey all the way from the rusty irons, quality checks, adding the coloring powder and […]