Thanks to Park Hanwong Korea continued to overpower the field in 94kg. With just two valid lifts he collected all the three gold medals, leaving TPE lifters Chen Sheng-Ying and Tien Wei-Te in the runner-up and third positions, respectively.
In the women’s 69kg USA lifter Martha Ann Rogers took the gold with an unexpectedly large 20kg margin from 2014 defending University world champion Canadin Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau (335 to 315kg), while Yun-Szu Yang of TPE won bronze. In the 85kg for men, Korean Jang Yeonhak proved to be unchallengeable and cemented his world champion position […]
After 11 bronze and silver medals collected, Mexico finally hit gold in the women’s 63kg where Anacarmen Torres Wong won the clean and jerk and the total gold medals in a close and exciting battle against her Japanese and Canadian opponents. In the men’s 77kg China’s Tang Jian stood out with his performance outscoring the […]
The USA and China among the women, Japan and China in men took the first honours at the 5th FISU World University Championships in the beautiful city of Merida in Mexico. Governor of the State of Yucatan, Rolando Zapata Bello opened the event which continued with Chinese Taipei victory on the second day of competition. […]
Former IWF Executive Board Member and President of the Norwegian Weightlifting Federation Per Mattingsdal suddenly passed away today. Host if many weightlifting events and active as International Technical Official, it is with deep sorrow that the IWF presents its condolences to his Family.