Despite their young age (13-17 years old) the competitors of the 1st Youth WWC in Thailand display remarkably high-class lifting in both the boys’ and the girls’ categories.On the fourth day into the Championships, the Chinese team is still far ahead of the rest of 47 countries participating. Among the youth men, the first three […]
Weightlifting world champion Jang Mi-ran held a pen in her hand instead of a barbell as she called call for “less media attention,” so that she can concentrate on training. Jang, who is preparing for the World Weightlifting Championships to be held in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, in November, sent a two-page written appeal to media […]
FIJI weightlifter Joe Vueti has been offered a one year coaching scholarship. Vueti will be training in New Caledonia under the guidance of Oceania weightlifting coach Paul Coffa. “When Joe comes back, he will have coaching to fall back on,” Fiji weightlifting coach Della Shaw said.(Fiji Times Online)
The Coordination Commission for the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010 concluded its second visit to Singapore today. Fifteen months before the Opening Ceremony on 14 August 2010, the Singapore Organising Committee (SYOGOC) has advanced considerably with preparations for the first edition of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2010. Good progress has been […]
Seventeen-year old Chinese young man LU Yuntao became the first ever Youth World Champion in weightlifting history at the EGAT YWWC in Chiangmai, Thailand. He won with a total of 213 kilos marking four youth world records in the process. In the next session, the Girls’ 44kg, Turkish OKUR Saziye (17)surprised with an outstanding 162 […]