W53kg Two Silver worth Gold Even though she was awarded two silver medals – in the Snatch and the Clean and Jerk – the Chinese lifter YU Linglong won the Gold in the Total with 206kg. Youth World Champion in 2013, she Snatched 91kg – 1kg less than KOHA Rebeka (LAT), bronze medallist at the […]
W48kg Tbilisi crowned the first Junior World Champion in the Women’s 48kg bodyweight category SUKCHAROEN Thunya (THA) whose last Youth bronze medal goes back to 2013. Competition was tough as she ended silver in the Snatch because of bodyweight. Lifting the same 86kg as the Chinese JIANG Huihua, she managed to defeat her challenger in […]
M56kg Men’s 56kg bodyweight category marked the start of the 2016 IWF Junior World Championships Tbilisi, GEO. The field where 10 competitors were entered was dominated by THA MINGMOON Witoon with a huge advantage of 29kg. 4th place last year at the Junior World Championships and 7th place in Houston, MINGMOON Snatched 115kg and ended […]
The IWF Congress in Tbilisi, GEO was held in presence of 120 delegates representing 48 Member Federations. After receiving a detailed report on Anti-Doping related matters, the Congress delegates expressed their support to the strong stance of the IWF Executive Board in this field. Burundi was ratified as 192nd IWF Member Federation by the IWF […]
IWF Development Program The IWF continues its ambitious Development Program on 5 continents through financing technical help, education programs and trainings – seminars Rio 2016 Pedro Meloni, Rio 2016 Weightlifting Sport Manager reported on good progress and advanced stage of preparation in weightlifting at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games 2018 IWF Junior World Championships Choosing […]