Sabahan Matin Guntali’s career in weightlifting came to a painful end after he dislocated his right shoulder last year but he continues to live the dream through daughter Elyone. His eldest daughter has not only made it to the national back-up squad but will be making her debut in the SEA Games weightlifting competition in […]
The weightlifting competition of the SEA Games was held from November 18-20 at the Dempo Sport Complex in Palembang, Indonesia. Despite many changes in personnel, Vietnamese weightlifters were targeting gold medals. The present team consisted of young and inexperienced members including Thach Kim Tuan, Tran Le Quoc Toan and Nguyen Thi Phuong Loan. The main […]
Iran’s national team finished the 2011 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Paris with a historical result. By collecting five gold, two silver and four bronze medals, Iran could stand at the third place of this championships. Following the splendid success, senior politicians congratulated the victory and hundreds of weightlifting fans went to the airport to […]
Further to the increased press queries in regard to the suspension of the Chinese weightlifter Liao Hui, Dr. Tamás Aján IWF President stated as follows: “Mr. Liao Hui is an emblematic figure of the international weightlifting field. He is one my favorite athletes not only due to his sport performance, but also due to his […]
After three World Championship silver medals, Paris finally brought the winning gold to Nastassia Novikava (58kg bodyweight category) who celebrated her 30th birthday during the WWC in Paris. The champion’s life was nothing but just celebration during the last week crowned by her birthday party. Novikava born in Zhodzhina (BLR) was very talented mostly in […]