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Asia dominates in Biala Podlaska

USA and Japan shared the gold medals in the women's 69kg, with the former taking two thanks to BREMNER Aria (204kg). Japanese ISHII Miku, winner in snatch, had to settle for the runner-up place with her 203kg overall. Two bronzes went to Canada, while HERTLOVA from CZE also pinched one silver medal in snatch. 85kg, men - Korean YEOM Dahoon and Canadian BELLEMARRE Alex had their own special duel for the top positions, however, the big rivalry that drove the audience into excitement was running for the third positions and down. Ultimately, the Canadian surprised by failing in all his clean and jerk attempts and having to cede two gold medals to YEOM Dahoon, Korea. Women's 75kg - With JAEGGI Nora, Switzerland clinched a medal in snatch and another one in total in a very close competition. University World Champion in this category is CHEN En-Tzu from TPE and the silvers were won by FEYOVA Karin, SVK. Men's 94kg - CHEN Po-Jen from Chinese Taipei stood out from the field and fought his lonely game with the barbell after all the other medals had found their winners. In clean and jerk he first frightened by missing the opening 185kg, while BOONLANG Weeraphat, THA challenged him with 186kg, a weight he finally could not even clean. Already the triple winner, CHEN lifted 191kg for an overwhelming win in total as

WUC participants looking into Biomechanical Research

The 2018 World University Championships offered a unique opportunity for athletes and coaches to get a look into the biomechanical research program at the host Biala Podlaska University of Physical Education. The research is conducted by 2018 FISU WUC OC Executive Director Dr. Paulina SZYSZKA, who wrote her Ph.D. thesis on the subject how biomechanical research can help weightlifters improve their performance, a work that received the Polish Award for Best Ph.D. thesis in Biomechanics . Dr.SZYSZKA held a symposium with demonstration in her university laboratory in which over 30 WUC participants were

Colourful medal allocations on Day 2 of University Worlds

Poland celebrated their first gold medal and USA surged forward in the women's 58kg. The snatch was dominated by home favourite DZIENIS Monika, but in the second part BRAMWELL Kaija drew away from her opponents and scored a very convincing victory in clean and jerk and total. We saw the same pattern in the men's 69kg category; i.e. Poland's ROTNICKI Szymon was supreme in the snatch taking gold, yet his 6kg advantage over Chinese Taipei HUANG Ding-Chieh was not enough to keep the lead until the end. HUANG overwhelmed with 155kg and won overall. The bronzes were picked up by Canada's DUMAS Alexandre. Women's 63kg: CHARRON Maude, CAN, 2017 WWC snatch silver medallist and Commonwealth champion took the snatch gold medal and continued dominating in clean and jerk. After all athletes had finished their act - including snatch bomber GANZORIG Anuujin, MGL taking the C&J silver, and Australian ELLIOTT Kiana, silver in total - she appeared for 120-124-127kg in a one-woman show and collected al honours. The Canadian's result is 24kg more than the next best's. Men's 77kg: In a big fight and suspenseful competition, Serbian competitor ROZSNYIK Ervin emerged as the winner of the snatch (139kg). In clean and jerk with steady lifting and superb tactics he managed to keep his advantage of 6 kilograms until the moment when two lifts were left for Japanese HARA Yuki to beat ROZSNYIK. Eventually, both of HARA's efforts remained unsuccessful landing him in the silver medallist position while VACHON Nicolas, Canada took the

Japan swipes gold medals on the first day of FISU World Championships

What a good day to start the competitions at the 6th edition of the FISU World University Weightlifting Championships than yesterday in Biala Podlaska, Poland! 20th September was declared by UNESCO as the International Day of University Sport (IDUS) and the academic students gathered for their World Championships from 27 countries of the 5 continents celebrated it by starting to compete yesterday. The World Championships are hosted in the campus of the Physical Education Faculty of the J. Pilsudski University in Biala Podlaska, East Poland and offer ideal conditions for the participants. The first day of the WUC ran the first two women's and the first two men's categories. Japan was the absolute winner of the day having swept the women's 48kg, the men's 56kg and 62kg categories. In the women's 53kg first France celebrated a winner in snatch: RIGAUD Garance. In the clean and jerk, however, she faced a strong challenge from Mexico, USA and Great Britain. In the close fight, the ultimate winner was FUENTES ZAVALA Susana from Mexico. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube

National Championships of the Republic of Belarus in memory of Alexander Kurlovich

It has become a tradition to hold the National Championships of the Republic of Belarus in Grodno, the hometown of Alexander Kurlovich. After the tragic passing away of the two-times Olympic Champion, four-times World Champion, two-times European Champion and Member of the IWF Technical Committee, this event was held in commemoration of his memory. The IWF was represented by Eva Balogh, Office Manager and Kornel Jancso, Editor-in-Chief of World Weightlifting Magazine. At the opening ceremony on behalf of Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President the delegation expressed their heartfelt condolences to the widow, Olga Kurlovich, the Belarus Weightlifting Union and the leaders of Grodno. The IWF representatives, accompanied by Siarhei Samuseu, BWU General Secretary and Vitaliy Kreidich, Executive Secretary visited the training hall where Alexander Kurlovich used to train for several years, the monument of Olympic Champions initiated by Mr. Kurlovich. They laid a wreath on his grave. The Belarus Weightlifting Family and the sport authorities of Grodno greatly honour the memory of their weightlifting legend, they plan to hold international competitions in memoriam of Alexander Kurlovich each year in his hometown. They - alongside with the widow – continue his work of educating young athletes in all fields of sport and spreading the spirit of Olympism. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

Watch the FISU University World Championships LIVE!

The FISU University World Championships kicks off today in Biała Podlaska, Poland and will last until Sunday (September 23). All the events will take place at the facilities of the Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education. A total of 144 athletes of 27 countries will compete at the sixth edition of the Championships. You can find out more on the official website of the event here. Live Stream is also available! — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter