First Olympic Qualification Period closed
On April 30, 2019, the first Qualification Period for Tokyo 2020 has been completed. The results of the latest events are being processed and will be published as soon as
World Record sweep at the Asian Championships
The 2019 Asian Championships brought success to the host country, China, which was a Gold Level Qualification event for Tokyo 2020. The continental championship was hosted by Ningbo and both the women’s and men’s Chinese team took a significant lead in the team classification and on the medal board. As of the latter, the women collected 28 medals, 15 gold, 11 silver and 2 bronze, followed by PRK (6,6,8), Vietnam (3,2,3), TPE (3,0,0), KOR (2,1,4) and KAZ (1,1,1). Twelve countries won medals out of 20. At the men’s, the Chinese team kept 26 medals at home (16,8,2), after them, the ranking looks like this: IRI (7,7,3), KOR (3,1,3), KSA (3,0,0), PRK (1,4,5) and UZB (0,4,0). There could be no complaints about the niveau of the Asian Championships, as 13 women’s and 6 men’s new World Records were set. The younger generation also performed extremely well with 1 Junior and 5 Youth World records for women and 17 Junior and 4 Youth World Records for men. Individually, KUO Hsing-Chung (TPE), DENG Wei (CHN) and RIM Jong Sim (PRK) stood out of the crowd. KUO set 4, KIM and RIM set 3-3 World Records respectively. In the men’s field, two Chinese lifters, CHEN Lijun and SHI Zhiyong achieved 3-3 World Records each. DJURAEV Akbar (UZB) had the extraordinary achievement of setting 9 new Junior World Records. Lifters of 18 countries out of 25 shared the
American sensation Cummings shined on day two of Pan American Weightlifting Championships
The United States' CJ Cummings was in record-breaking form as he claimed the men’s 73 kilograms title on day two of the Pan American Weightlifting Championships in Guatemala City. he 18-year-old, a junior world champion for three years running, went six for six to snatch 153kg and clean and jerk 191kg on his third lifts at Coliseo Deportivo. Each of those lifts, and the total of 344kg, set junior and senior American records, junior and senior Pan American records, as well as the junior world record. In many cases, Cummings was breaking his own records, including his junior world records set at last year’s Senior World Championships in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat. "Are you serious?" Cummings gasped when told he had set 15 records. "Wow – oh my gosh. "I'm speechless right now, I’m speechless." The result will go a long way towards Cummings qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Pan American Championships are considered a gold event for Olympic qualification, meaning his total is weighted at 1.1 for the International Weightlifting Federation Absolute Ranking, which will largely determine the Olympic team come April 2020. Colombia’s Luis Mosquera was the overall silver medallist with 322kg, while compatriot José Gavino took the bronze with 319kg.
57th Junior Spanish Championship starts tomorrow!
The 57th edition of the Spanish Junior Championships will take place this Saturday, April 27 in Madrid. The event will take place in the "Cerro Almodóvar" Municipal Pavilion in the Spanish capital and will be divided into two sessions: the morning session, which will start at 09:00 h., And the afternoon session at 4:15 p.m. A total of 85 lifters will compete at the Championships, 49 men and 36 women. The competition can be followed, LIVE through LaLigaSports, from 08:55 in the morning and from 16:10 in the afternoon. MORNING SESSION AFTERNOON
2019 Pan American Championship and EB meeting
On the occasion of the Pan American Championships held 21-28 April in Guatemala, the PAWC held it's Executive Board meeting and annual Congress. Nicu Vlad, IWF Vice President and Attila Adamfi IWF Director General also attended the Executive Board meeting and Congress where Enrique Montero (BRA) was elected General Secretary and Luis Seijas (VEN) Executive Board member to take over the duties of colleagues recently passed away. The Dominican Republic was chosen as the host country for the next Pan-American Championships in 2020 over other applicants, Brazil, Peru and USA. A total of 188 participants (97 woman and 91 men) from 21 countries compete at the Pan American Championships this year, featuring weightlifting stars like DAJOMES Neis Patricia (ECU), CUMMINGS Clarence Jr (USA), MENDEZ Arley (CHI), ROGERS Martha Ann (USA) and many more! Read the Start Book here, and watch the competition online! LIVE STREAM
Chinese Weightlifting Association Electoral Congress and National Anti-doping Conference held in Ningbo
Chinese Weightlifting Association held its Electoral Congress and National Anti-doping Conference on April 22, 2019 in Ningbo, China during the Asian Weightlifting Championships. Mr. GOU Zhongwen, President of the Chinese Olympic Committee attended the meetings. Mr. GOU Zhongwen said in his speech that the Chinese Weightlifting Association has been working very effectively against doping with significant progress, and must remain vigilant in the meantime to any potential doping under the severe anti-doping situation internationally. Mr. ZHOU Jinqiang said, even though Chinese National Team have some achievements in the previous competitions after the new categories were set up, Chinese Weightlifting Association will continue to have weightlifting training in a scientific manner and further enhance our communications and cooperation with IWF and AWF as well as other Federation worldwide. During the Electoral Congress, Mr. ZHOU Jinqiang was reelected as President of Chinese Weightlifting Association and Mr. HE Yiqun was elected as General Secretary. Source:
