Rybakou BLR Lu CHN Martirosyan ARM Rybakou(BLR) took a silver four years ago in Athens. Holding the world record in the snatch and total weight, he went into the competition most favored to win. Before he stepped on the floor, China’s Lu Yong and Kazakhstan’s Vladimir Sedov both lifted 180kg in the snatch, followed by […]
Cao Lei (CHN) failed to lift 159 kg in the clean and jerk as she tried for a world record in total. It was the single attempt Chinese women lifters missed at this Games! Snatching 128 kg (Olympic record) she had 9 kg lead. A first clean and jerk attempt at 147 kg won the […]
Beijing, 15 August / Comments from Tamas Ajan (HUN), President of the IWF, at a press conference at the BUAA Gymnasium on Friday, August 15, 2008 Tamas Ajan IWF President On the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: “In my opinion in the modern Olympic Games era, this is the best-organized and the biggest Olympic […]
Beijing, 15 August The IOC said Friday that 2,203 doping tests have been carried out so far in the framework of the largest ever testing programme for an Olympic Games. The tests include 1,720 urine and 483 blood tests. These tests cover the 18 day-period beginning 27 July 2008 until 13 August 2008. Athletes qualified […]
BEIJING (AP) -Weightlifting, cycling and other sports with a history of drug scandals need to clean up their acts to avoid any risk of losing their Olympic status, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Sunday. WADA is monitoring Olympic sports to assess whether they are complying fully with the global code of drug-testing […]