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The Verification of the Final Entries concluded today. Altogether 109 athlete from 63 countries will compete at the 2nd edition of the Youth Olympic Games here in Nanjing. The weightlifting competition will kick off on the 17th so stay tuned! Check out the Start List Package

Want to watch the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games? Here’s how!

The second edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games will take place from 16 to 28 August in Nanjing, China. You don’t have to be in Nanjing to catch all the action, however, as live and on-demand footage of the 3,800 young athletes participating in the Games can be viewed in a variety of ways. The official Olympic broadcast partners in over 160 countries and territories around the world will provide the most comprehensive Youth Olympic Games coverage ever. For example, in the host country China, CCTV will provide over 600 hours of live, delayed and highlights coverage of the sports action. To see who is broadcasting the Games in your country, visit: www.olympic.tv. Live and on-demand coverage of the action can also be watched through the IOC’s global digital platforms: www.olympic.tv, www.olympic.org and www.youtube.com/olympics. For anyone in China, tune in to http://sports.cntv.cn/special/nanjing2014/index.shtml, which will be broadcasting the competition extensively. Not near a TV or computer? Not a problem – the Olympic TV app has you covered. Download the Olympic TV app for your iOS and Android handhelds so you won’t miss a minute of the competition. As the Youth Olympic Games also offer a comprehensive Culture and Education Programme, you will also be able to check out the “Chat with Champions” sessions featuring a number of Olympic and world champions, as well as some of the interactive workshops designed to help the young athletes become champions on and off the field of

Training in Nanjing already started

Yesterday was the opening of the weightlifting training venue of the 2nd Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, and teams already present have their first trainings in the Nanjing International Expo Center - the home of weightlifting for the YOG. The event will kick off with the highly anticipated Opening Ceremony on 16 August, where the President of the P.R. of China, Mr. Xi Jinping will be joined by the Secretary General of the UN, Mr. Ban Ki-moon. Weightlifting competitions will be held in 5 women (48kg, 53kg, 58kg, 63kg, +63kg) and 6 men (56kg, 62kg, 69kg, 77kg, 85kg, +85kg) categories between 17 and 23

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THACH Kim Tuan received the IWF Media Trophy of Best Lifter from Dr. Tamas Ajan

THACH Kim Tuan was awarded the IWF Media Trophy of Best Lifter among Men at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Kazan, Russia. He set the one and only World Record at the 2014 IWF Junior World Championships in the Men’s 56kg bodyweight category breaking the Junior World Records in Snatch as well as in Total. As the Vietnamese Team left Kazan prior to the Closing Ceremony of the event, the IWF Media Trophy could not be handed over to THACH Kim Tuan (VIE) on the spot. The IWF used the opportunity of his stay in a training camp in Hungary to organise an award ceremony on 7 August with the participation of his coach and Mr. Pham Ngoc Chu, Member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee and the Hungarian Weightlifting Federation, the IWF Secretariat members and media representatives. The IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan presented the IWF Media Trophy of Best Lifter to THACH Kim Tuan (VIE) accompanied by Kornel Jancso, Editor in Chief and Aniko Nemeth-Mora Senior Editor of World Weightlifting Magazine. When receiving the Trophy from IWF President, THACH Kim Tuan (VIE) couldn’t hide his emotions and pride. Currently, THACH Kim Tuan and TRAN Le Quoc Toan, DO THI THU Hoai are training in Hungary where they are getting prepared for the Incheon 2014 Asian Games. Head of Weightlifting Department Do Dinh Khang said athletes Om Yun Chol (PRK) and Long Qingquan (CHN) are the two biggest rivals of Kim Tuan at the upcoming Asian Games in

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