Junior athletes competing at the 2014 IWF Junior World Championships with IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF General Secretary Ma Wenguang and 3 times Olympic Champion Pyrros Dimas on stage!
Women’s 58kg Approaching to 100kg, SRISURAT Sukanya (THA) ended the Snatch with a Gold Medal. Victory was however awarded to the Colombian lifter ALVAREZ CAICEDO Yenny Fernanda in the Clean & Jerk because of lighter bodyweight. Both lifted 119kg. Bronze Medallist in the Snatch, ALVAREZ managed to take the second place of the podium in […]
In the Women’s 53kg, the Chinese lifter WU Lingqian took the lead with 12kg more than the Silver Medallist TANASAN Sopita (THA) ending with a Total of 195kg. ANGGRAINI Syarah (INA) was awarded three Bronze. After third place at the Asian Junior Championships in 2011, a second place in 2013, the 18 years old WU […]
Altogether 269 athletes from 49 countries – 115 Women and 149 Men participate in the 2014 Junior World Championships Kazan, RUS held at the Palace of Sport – venue of the competition. Competition kicked off today with the Women’s 48kg bodyweight category. In the Snatch, the Chinese lifter WEI Chengji had no opponent. Lifting 83kg, […]
The IWF Executive Board held its two days meeting in Kazan, RUS prior to the 2014 Junior World Championships. The EB Members received reports from the Committee Meetings containing proposals which the Executive Board approved. Among those: Deleting the size rule on knee bandages Continental Regional and Member Federations must be reminded to strictly respect […]