Firstly, there is the athlete. An immense star of weightlifting and a hero in her country, the Philippines. Born in February 1991, Hidilyn Diaz started her international career with a 10th place at the 2008 Olympic Games. Since then, she was also present in London 2012, in Rio 2016 (where she was a silver medallist), […]
China’s national anthem was played for the fourth time in four days after Luo Shifang put the disappointment of last year behind her to win a sweep of golds in an exciting women’s 59kg contest at the IWF World Championships in Riyadh. At the 2022 World Championships in Bogotá last December, this was the only […]
China won gold for the third day in a row when Chen Lijun finished well ahead of everybody else in the men’s 67kg at the IWF World Championships in Riyadh. Chen made five from five for 153-180-333 and declined his final attempt. Meanwhile everybody else saw red lights – 40 of them compared to 20 […]
At 34, Eko Yuli Irawan is an Indonesian hero and for sure one of the most successful lifters in history. He has no Olympic gold, but one medal in each of the four Games he entered. If he qualifies for Paris (it won’t be very difficult in his case), and if he reaches the podium […]