Iran weightlifter Moradi wins 3 gold medals Iranian weightlifter Sohrab Moradi has won three gold medals at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Kazakhstan. Moradi took the three medals after he placed first in the 85 kg class on Wednesday. The Iranian athlete lifted a total of 367 kg, 168 kg in snatch and 199 kg […]
13th May, 2009 Glasgow 2014 Limited, the Organising Committee for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow between 23rd July and 3rd August 2014, has today announced the appointment of Greg Warnecke as its Head of Sport. Greg will be responsible for developing the strategies within the sport function taking into consideration the requirements […]
In view of the 1st Youth World Championships to be held next week in Thailand, the IWF has established the “basic” World Records for men (boys) and women (girls) for the Youth age group, i.e. 13-17 year old weightlifters. As the basis for the Youth World Records the Youth Records of those Continental Federations were […]
Olympic champion Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon could only grab a silver and two bronze medals at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tardykolgan, Kazakhstan. Prapawadee, who comfortably won gold in the 53kg division at the 2008 Olympics, took silver in the snatch with a lift of 94kg. China’s Chen Xiaoting clinched gold with a 98kg effort. In the […]
IF you’ve been to the weightlifting training centre at Aung San Stadium recently, you might have noticed a change in atmosphere. Most of the familiar faces from past national teams are long gone – and hopefully, with them, the drug scandals of recent years – and have been replaced by a new generation of up […]