Archive from 2014

World Record breaking 2014 Asian Games

Weightlifting competition started on 20 September at the Moonlight Festival Garden Weightlifting Venue. Since the start of the competition, World Records were set in almost every bodyweight categories. W48kg YELISSEYEVA Margarita (KAZ) won the first medal in weightlifting for Kazakhstan with a Total of 194kg followed by AGUSTIANI Sri Wahyuni (INA) with 187kg and by TOGOEVA Mahliyo (UZB) on third place by bodyweight. M56kg With a Clean and Jerk World Record of 170kg, OM Yunchol (PRK) ended with a Total of 298kg leaving the Silver Medal for THACH Kim Tuan (VIE) and third place to WU Jingbiao (CHN). He was only third after the Snatch „But as we always say, the snatch is for show but the clean and jerk is for dough. And never has that been emphasised better than yesterday, when OM Yunchol was well off the pace after the snatch only to fight back quite brilliant with that world record breaking clean and jerk performance to win gold for North Korea.” (Souce: insidethegames) THACH Kim Tuan (VIE) set a Junior World Record in Total with 294kg. W53kg “But for drama and top-level performance, for the second day running it was weightlifting that provided several of the most memorable moments. First, Olympic champion CHINSHANLO Zulfiya of Kazakhstan broke the World Record in the Clean and Jerk with 132kg only to miss out on gold when TPE’s HSU Shu Ching, runner-up behind the Kazakh at London 2012, set a new overall record mark to claim gold in a competition in which even the bronze medal winner, ZHANG Wanqiong of China, set a Junior World Record.” (Source: insidethegames) M62kg “Speaking of North Korea, there's some weightlifting success to report, and that means the obligatory gold medal icon. Kim Unguk completed all three of his clean and jerk attempts, maxing out at 178kg for an overall world record of 332kg, to supplement his snatch world record earlier North Korean Kim UnGuk then went one better than his compatriot Om Yun-Chol managed yesterday, when Om set a new clean and jerk world record, by setting two world record marks, in the snatch and overall, to dominate the men's 62kg competition.” (Source: insidethegames) W58kg RI Jonghwa (PRK) won another gold for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with a Total of 236kg. Stronger in the Snatch, the Chinese lifter WANG Shuai (CHN) missed the first place by 1kg. GULNOI Rattikan (THA) won the Bronze with 222kg. M69kg China had to wait until the third competition days for its first gold medal “We can't stay away from the medals for long, and another to report in weightlifting. And I did place a curse; because Lin Qingfeng has overcome his 2kg snatch arrears to, well, snatch the 69kg title away from North Korea's Kim Myong Hyok by virtue of a lighter bodyweight. A first medal of the Games for Iraq in third place. Karrar Mohammed J Mohammed Kadhum taking the medal. “ (Souce: insidethegames) Reults: http://www.incheon2014ag.org Follow Nick Butler’s blog and news on

Rio 2016 announces ticket prices for Olympic Games with focus on making event open to all

Ticket prices for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have been announced – and more than half of them will be sold at accessible prices in order to ensure that the event is open to everyone. About 7.5 million tickets will be issued and approximately 3.8 million of these will be available for 70 Brazilian reals (US$30) or less. Price ranges (in Brazilian reais) for all sports and ceremonies are available here. There will be tickets for 717 sports sessions, covering all 28 Olympic sports, plus the opening and closing ceremonies. The range of prices is designed to make tickets as affordable as possible, with the goal of ensuring that the local population has the opportunity to attend events. The cheapest ticket will be priced at 40 Brazilian reals (less than US$20). The announcement was made in a special digital presentation to the Brazilian and international media on Tuesday (16 September) afternoon. The full Rio 2016 Olympic Games Ticket Sales Programme will be unveiled in November 2014, along with the competition schedule and details on how the public can buy tickets. The next step on the spectator’s journey towards participating in the first Olympic Games to be staged in South America will come in November. Fans from all over the world will be able to register on the ticket sales website and indicate which sports interest them. They will then receive tailored news and information on these sports and athletes, as well as other exciting events around the Games, as anticipation builds towards 2016. Brazilian residents will be able to enter the first of two draws for tickets in March 2015. Non-Brazilian residents will be able to apply to buy tickets in their own territories in the first half of 2015 (details will be announced on the ticket sales website at a later date) and then again in January 2016, in the worldwide first-come-first-served online sales

Register for participation in the 2014 World University Championships!

The 4th FISU World University Weightlifting Championships will be held in Chiangmai, Thailand, 5-8 December 2014. The location must be familiar (and evokes pleasant memories) for the Weightlifting Community: the city in Northern Thailand was host to wonderful World Championships in 1997, in 2007, and the 1st Youth WWC in 2009. The accommodation will be the same, the Pang Suan Kaew Hotel, the venue is the North Chiangmai University. Bulletin 1 of WUC (Weightlifting) 2014 – July 2014 Join the competitions with your university student weightlifters aged 18-28 years! Member Federations please contact the University Sports Federation in your country who has the access to the FISU online entry registration system: WUC 2014 Accreditation and Registration (Source: Aniko Nemeth-Mora, FISU

Czech Federation President visited the IWF

The President of the Czech Republic Weightlifting Federation, Petr Krol accompanied by his colleague Laszlo Pasztor paid a visit to Budapest and held discussions with the IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan. Questions were raised with the representatives of each different key area and topics related to education, development and anti-doping were discussed. The Czech Federation is getting prepared for the upcoming 2014 IWF World Championships Almaty, KAZ and the President reported on the long term projects to be put into place for the development of the

Second Technical Visit in Almaty

IWF Director General Attila Adamfi concluded a second technical visit in preparation of the 2014 IWF World Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He had several meetings with Omar Mustafin, CEO of the Organizing Committee covering all aspects of the preparation. The Kazakh Weightlifting Federation intends to raise the standard for future organizers higher, as they work on a professional level with an established team of experts on all details related to this important Qualification Event for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The training will display an impressive amount of 60 platforms. The installation plan for the venue has also been finalized. Stopping by Astana, Attila Adamfi had the occasion to meet the President of the Kazakh Weightlifting Federation, Zhanat Tussupbekov who guaranteed the high quality of the organization and stated that professional event Management Company (in charge of the organization of the 2013 Boxing World Championships) was appointed to deliver the 2014 IWF World Championships Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Kazakh Federation also presented a long term project for the development of weightlifting in the

World Masters Championships big in Copenhagen

The 2014 IWF Masters World Championships held last week in Copenhagen, Denmark welcomed the large turnout of 539 competitors of which 117 were women. Both the Danish hosts and the supervising IWF Masters Committee, as well as the participants took the Championships very seriously and it was manifest in the high level of technical arrangements and the performances on the stage. Aged 35 to 86 (!), the lifters gave their very best to their beloved sport proving their slogan right: "Weightlifting from the cradle to the grave!" The IWF representatives, Anikó Németh-Móra, Director and Dr. Magdolna Trombitás, Legal Counsel had very constructive meetings with the IWF Masters Committee, in particular with Jan Hinrichsen, Chairman, Lawrie Thownsend, Vice Chairman, Bill Barton, General Secretary and Denise Offermann, Secretary, and witnessed as at the Congress representatives of 44 countries expressed their will to maintain the IWF recognition and collaborate