Q: DID LAST NIGHT DOUBLE VICTORY MAKE YOU ALREADY SATISFIED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS? A: The champion Wu Jingbiao’s spirit and his manner impressed me very much. The audience enjoyed the way he was struggling for the gold. To overcome difficulties is the universal language of sport. Of course it was not a […]
‘Many spectators see weightlifting as a boring event, and I do not blame them because only the athletes can experience the moment when you fell all your efforts have paid off after lifting the bar’ – Ji (CHN) said emotionally after the Universiade victory ceremony this August. ‘My way to challenge myself is simple, just […]
The world isolation on Bulgarian weightlifting continues in full blast. Following the rules IWF has put a ban on Bulgarian National Team and did not let it take part in the World Championship in Paris. The President of the BWF Nedelcho Kolev learnt the news only minutes before the BWF was to pay the hotel […]
Like a year ago Paris brought again noisy Chinese success by a tandem formed by Wu Jingbiao World Champion and the newcomer Zhao Caojun at this time. Their challenger was a Bulgarian born young man Valentin Hristov representing Azerbaijan Republic. The 17 and a half years old lifter had a hard work to stay in […]
Chinese Tian Yuan was in a league by herself, with six successful lifts and three gold medals, 90 kg in the Snatch and 117 in the Clean and Jerk, for 207 kg total. The young talent was conservative enough with her first attempt by 108 kg. A last minute call ordered to increase to 111 […]