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First Gold Medals for Mexico and Kazakhstan

Women’s 75kg The Kazakh lifter SHVABAUER Anastasiya won the 3 Gold Medals in the Women’s 75kg bodyweight category lifting 10kg (224kg) more than the Silver Medallist lifter ARTHUR Jenny Lyvette from the United States of America (214kg). FILIATREAULT Johanie (CAN) was in the 5th position after the Snatch with 93kg, but won a Silver Medal […]

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From successful Snatch to victory

Women’s 69kg The Chinese lifter WANG Xinyue took 10kg advantage in the Snatch, and even though she finished second in the Clean & Jerk, that advantage was enough for her to win the Gold Medal in the Total. ZHAPPARKUL Zhazira (KAZ) performed at her best to grab the victory from WANG but after missing her […]

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Women’s 63kg / Men’s 77kg at the 2013 IWF JWC

Women’s 63kg SHEN Yinyi (CHN) won the Women’s 63kg competition with 100kg achieved in the Snatch, 122kg in the Clean & Jerk and a Total of 222kg. Junior and Youth World Champion in 2012, MOLIE Madalina Bianca (ROU) won the Gold Medal in the Snatch with 103kg. After two missed attempts in the Clean & […]

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Victories by Bodyweight

Women’s 58kg Youth World Champion in 2012, MAXIMOVA Ksenia (RUS) won the Women’s 58kg bodyweight category. REYES Yineisy (DOM), took 1kg advantage in the Snatch and was awarded the Gold, but couldn’t beat the Russian lifter in the Clean & Jerk. Both athletes finished with a Total of 205kg, and final decision came from the […]

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First Junior World Record broken in Lima

Women’s 53kg Only third place in the Snatch, CHYCHKAN Alena (BLR) – this year’s European Champion in a higher bodyweight category – won the competition by 1kg. Youth World Champion in 2011, LIU Quan (CHN) ended the competition with three Silver Medals and a Total of 198kg. TANASAN Sopita (THA) won the Gold Medal in […]

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