By Brian Oliver PEI Xinyi (CHN), who is young enough to compete as a youth, won a senior world title in her first international competition at the IWF World Championships in Bogotá, Colombia. Pei, who was 17 in October, set a youth world record with her first ever lift, bettered it and secured a snatch gold […]
By Brian Oliver at Gran Carpa Américas Corferias in Bogotá Rahmat Erwin ABDULLAH (INA) won a gold medal and set a world record from the B Group in the men’s 73kg at the IWF World Championships in Bogotá, Colombia. “It’s amazing – nobody has ever done that before at the World Championships,” said the IWF President […]
By Brian Oliver Yenny ALVAREZ (COL) defeated two Olympic champions and sent a crowd of 1,800 noisy spectators into wild celebrations when she became the host nation’s first champion of the week at the IWF World Championships in Bogotá. Alvarez made her final lift of 133kg to claim the biggest win of her career, the 59kg […]
By Brian Oliver Hidilyn DIAZ (PHI) had won gold and silver medals at the Olympic Games but in her 15-year weightlifting career she had never won at the IWF World Championships until her victory last night in Bogotá, Colombia. “Finally I win at the World Championships – I’m so happy with that,” said Diaz, who […]
By Brian Oliver China and Thailand won gold on the second day of the 2022 IWF World Championships in Bogotá, Colombia, and Mirabai CHANU (IND) earned huge cheers from the crowd for performing a remarkable recovery to save a lift. JIANG Huihua (CHN) defeated her team-mate HOU Zhihui (CHN), the Tokyo Olympic champion, and Chanu to […]