M77kg Unstoppable all the way to the Gold medals and the Youth World Records, LOPEZ LOPEZ Yeison (COL) was explosive! He dominated the field and had no challengers. His Total of 351kg was 30kg above Silver medallist and almost 50kg over Bronze medallist (307kg). He kept breaking his own World Records set at the 2016 […]
M62kg First Gold medal for Uzbekistan! Tension was on almost until the end for ERGASHEV Adkhamjon (UZB) who kept on watching the other competitors while making sure to secure the lead. The Chinese lifter WEI Yunban (CHN) ranking 4th in the Snatch made it to 156kg in the Clean and Jerk – taking the Gold […]
M56kg Impressive results for the Chinese lifter HUANG Gaoming (CHN) who surpassed all of his contenders in the Men’s 56kg bodyweight category with his Total of 255kg. Lifting 20kg more than the Silver Medallist, HUANG found no one to endanger his leading position. He won all three Gold Medals and was crowned Youth World Champion […]
W44kg Two South American countries, Colombia and Venezuela were joined by Indonesia at the first medal ceremony held during the 2016 IWF Youth World Championships Penang, Malaysia. The 44kg Women opened the show and some of them stepped for the first time on the international sport stage. Athletes showed a balanced performance BERRIO Zuluaga Manuela […]
The IWF had an Executive Board meeting and Congress in Penang, Malaysia prior to the 2016 IWF Youth World Championships to start on 20 October. Constitution and By-Laws Francois Carrard Dr. iur., Attorney at Law presented the amendments to the IWF Constitution and By-Laws amended and approved by both the Executive Board and Congress. As […]