By Brian Oliver at the George R Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas Two more world records fell as athletes from China and North Korea gave the crowd at the 2015 IWF World Championships a spectacular session of sport for the second straight day. On Saturday, records fell in the 56kg when Om Yun Chol of […]
Om Yun Chol won his third straight world title, broke a world record in the process, then promised to defend his Olympic crown next summer. The PR Korea flag was raised after Om won the 56kg on body weight from Wu Jingbiao, of China, who also broke a world record. The Chinese flag was hoisted […]
No medals, but plenty of glory for Charles and ‘Miss Muscles’ on day one of Houston 2015 By Brian Oliver at the George R Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas It was appropriate that the first four lifters on stage at the 2015 IWF World Championships were from four different continents, because this year’s Championships have […]
The IWF reports that sample of Mr. Chin Yi Yang (TPE) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for (S1.1 Anabolic Agents) testosterone. As a consequence, the athlete is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation. In any case where it is determined that the athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule violation, […]
The IWF reports that sample of Mr. Vajk Károly Pócza (HUN) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for (S1.1 Anabolic Agents) stanozolol. As a consequence, the athlete is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation. In any case where it is determined that the athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule violation, […]