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Last Competition day at the 2013 IWF YWC

Women’s 69kg DAJOMES BARRERA Neisi Patricia who will be 15 years old in May won 3 Gold Medals for Ecuador. With 6 good lifts, she ended the competition with a Total of 206kg. In the Snatch, only the Chinese KONG Dongying could follow lifting 90kg. KONG did 111kg in the Clean & Jerk and was […]

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Europe and Africa in the Gold Medal count

Women’s 63kg The 3 Gold Medals went to SAMIR ELSAYED Sara (EGY) who lifted an impressive 21kg more than the Silver Medallist CEN Yanfeng (CHN). CEN, only 8th place after the Snatch stood up on the second place of the podium with a Total of 200kg. Bronze Medal winner CANTU Jennifer (MEX) celebrated her birthday […]

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The Asian success continues

Women’s 58kg After three good lifts in the Snatch, INTAMAT Kamonchanok (THA) won her first Gold with 86kg. The Egyptian lifter EL SAYED RASHED Esraa lifted the same weight; however she only ended second because of heavier bodyweight. WEI Chengyu (CHN) was only third after the Snatch with 1kg less, but caught the leaders in […]

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China and People’s Republic of Korea share medals out

Women’s 48kg All competitors already finished their competition in the Snatch when the two Chinese lifters YU Linglong and QIU Liling came out for their first attempts. Very disciplined and showing an impressive technique, YU Linglong – only 13 years old – won 3 Gold Medals and ended with a Total of 173kg while QIU […]

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World Weightlifting’s 2012 Best Lifters received their Trophies

The Kazakh athlete, Zulfiya Chinshanlo and the Iranian athlete Behdad Salimikordasiabi were voted to be the Best Lifters of 2012 by the readership of World Weightlifting and the weightlifting public all over the world. Zulfiya received the “Jenő Boskovics Lifter of the Year Challenge Trophy” for the Best Lifter of 2012 at the IWF Congress […]

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