Weightlifting’s major Junior event returned to Poland for the 4th time. The country has proven to be an excellent host of major events on many occasions organizing three Junior World Championships in 1976, 1995 and 1996. As a testimony of their professionalism, they also showcased Senior World Championships six times already from 1913, 1959, 1969, […]
W+75 The victory of NOGAY Nadezhda (KAZ), Junior World Champion and several times Youth World Champion was not questionable. With 6 good lifts, the Kazakh lifter got and easy win over all other contenders. She was crowned World Champion of the Women’s +75kg bodyweight category taking the lead over CHAIDEE Duangaksorn (THA) and DHIEB Yosra […]
W75 DEKHA Iryna (UKR), European Youth Champion in 2012, ranking 8th at the Europeans this year with 215kg got silver in the Snatch with 109kg, behind the Russian PETROVA Mariia (RUS). While PETROVA continued her gold medal winning lifts in the Clean and Jerk, the Ukrainian DEKHA only got 5th. MIKHALENKA Anastasiya (BLR) managed to […]
W69 1kg advantage in the Snatch and 1kg advantage in the Clean and Jerk was enough for the Chinese lifter WANG Jie (CHN) to win all three Gold Medals in the Women’s 69kg bodyweight category. Missing two times her Snatch at 106kg, WANG registers her first result at an IWF sanctioned event. Behind her AHMED […]
W63kg The Egyptian lifter AHMED Esraa Elsayed Rashed Elsayed won the Snatch Gold medal with 99kg, but only ranked 5th in the Clean and Jerk with a result being very far from the leader of the group – the Vietnamese NGUYEN Thi Tuyet Mai with 121kg. However AHMED made it second with 214kg, 2kg ahead […]