The 6 good lifts performed by CHIANG Nien-Hsin (TPE) brought her an easy victory in the Women’s 53kg as she dominated the field. With her Total of 203kg, she had no challengers as Silver Medal winner PETROVA Anastasiia (RUS) lifted 195kg. 4th place after the Snatch, the Argentinian lifter NIEVAS Sasha (ARG) managed to grab […]
Thailand’s Rattanaphon PAKKARATHA won gold in the women’s 53kg weightlifting, lifting a total of 190kg, a healthy margin of 9kg over runner-up Chun Hui JONG (PRK) and a 15kg improvement over her personal best of 175kg. “I am very excited and very glad to win a gold medal in the Youth Olympics but I could […]
The Chinese lifter JIANG Huihua (CHN) won the first medal of the Nanjing 2014 YOG for China in the Women’s 48kg bodyweight category. Lifting a Total of 193kg, she topped the competition defeating all challengers. Both lifters ending on second and third place lifted 28kg less – 165kg – and the medals were awarded according […]
The Verification of the Final Entries concluded today. Altogether 109 athlete from 63 countries will compete at the 2nd edition of the Youth Olympic Games here in Nanjing. The weightlifting competition will kick off on the 17th so stay tuned! Check out the Start List Package here.