Sport – Amazing Venues, Amazing Results · A record 204 NOCs participating; record number of women participating· 132 Olympic records, 43 world records (as of 24/8 at 9:30)· A record 87 NOCs join medal count – the most ever· First-ever medals for Afghanistan, Mauritius, Tajikistan and Togo; first-ever gold medals for Bahrain, Mongolia and Panama; […]
In class 105 kg Igor Razoronov /UKR/ has been excluded of the Beijing due to hisfailure at doping test. The 6th place of this category was reached by Albert Kuzilov/GEO/ who totalled 409 kg /182 kg, 227 kg/.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that weightlifter Igor Razoronov from Ukraine has committed an Anti-Doping Rules violation at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing. Igor Razoronov, 38, tested positive for nandrolone on 18 August 2008.The Disciplinary Commission, composed of Thomas Bach (Chairman), Denis Oswald and John Coates, today decided: The athlete […]
Great number of records The enthusiastic public had 53 records to celebrate all together. Number of world records: 14 /10 women, 4 men/ Olympic records: 31 /24 women, 7 men/ junior world records /8 men/ Distribution of world records by nations: women: 5-5 /China, Liu Chunchong, 69 kg, Korea, Jang Miaran, […]
Matthias Steiner /GER/, gold medallist: “I didn’t do well in my first attempt of clean and jerk. But the Russian lifter did, so this was the motivation.Before the competition, I was a little bit nervous. But after missing my first attempt of clean and jerk, it helped me get into it [mentally]. “It means a […]