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Europe and Africa in the Gold Medal count

Women’s 63kg The 3 Gold Medals went to SAMIR ELSAYED Sara (EGY) who lifted an impressive 21kg more than the Silver Medallist CEN Yanfeng (CHN). CEN, only 8th place after the Snatch stood up on the second place of the podium with a Total of 200kg. Bronze Medal winner CANTU Jennifer (MEX) celebrated her birthday on the platform and was awarded the Bronze Medal for her Total of 199kg. Men’s 77kg The Russian KHUGAEV Khetag was unstoppable. Taking the lead in the Snatch with 8kg, he continued increasing his advantage in the Clean & Jerk. He stood on the highest stage of the podium with a Total of 312kg. Third place went to the Indian lifter RAGALA Venkat Rahul who did only 1kg less (296kg) than the Silver Medallist Kazakh lifter AMIRBEKOV Ayat who ended with 297kg. Men’s 85kg The competition was very balanced in the Snatch between DEHGHANGHAHFAROKHI Alireza (IRI) and CHENG Yixiong (CHN). The Iranian lifter winning the Gold with only 1kg more than CHEN (146kg, 147kg) defeated him in the Total with 319kg for DEHGHANGHAHFAROKHI against 312kg for the Chinese lifter. In the Clean & Jerk, PIZZOLATO Antonino (ITA) showed an impressive strength taking the Silver Medal with 172kg even though it wasn’t enough to stand on the podium for the Total where he finished 4th. Third in the Snatch and 4th in the Clean & Jerk, the Russian MATJUSHIN Alexander won the Bronze Medal in the Total with

The Asian success continues

Women’s 58kg After three good lifts in the Snatch, INTAMAT Kamonchanok (THA) won her first Gold with 86kg. The Egyptian lifter EL SAYED RASHED Esraa lifted the same weight; however she only ended second because of heavier bodyweight. WEI Chengyu (CHN) was only third after the Snatch with 1kg less, but caught the leaders in the Clean & Jerk. Gold Medal in the Total was again awarded to the Chinese lifter being lighter than her Thai opponent. Both INTAMAT and WEI lifted 194kg. Bronze Medal went to the 15 year old DURAN Ana from Mexico. Men’s 69kg LINDER Albert (KAZ) took the lead in the Snatch with 135kg leaving the second place to the Chinese lifter SUN Youfu. Only 6th after the Snatch, ADEL MOHAMED Ahmed (EGY) lifted his way up to the second place of the podium and earned the Silver for a Total of 289kg. Celebrating his birthday on the platform, SUN won a Bronze Medal in the

China and People’s Republic of Korea share medals out

Women’s 48kg All competitors already finished their competition in the Snatch when the two Chinese lifters YU Linglong and QIU Liling came out for their first attempts. Very disciplined and showing an impressive technique, YU Linglong – only 13 years old – won 3 Gold Medals and ended with a Total of 173kg while QIU Liling with 171kg. Bronze Medal went to SUKCHAROEN Thunya from Thailand with 162kg. Men’s 56kg The Thai lifter SRIPHAT Teerasak was the only athletes in the Men’s 56kg to perform 6 good lifts. Only 5th after the Snatch, he won the Bronze in the Clean & Jerk and ended the competition with a Total of 235kg. NGUYEN Tran Anh Tuan (VIE), Silver Medallist in the Snatch couldn’t make it to the podium in the Total. Third and fourth place in the Snatch went to lifters from group B. The Colombian SANCHEZ Nicolas won Bronze while 4th place went to Kazakh lifter KHASSAROV Timur. The ranking determined by the Clean & Jerk stayed for the Total. MAYORA PERNIA Julio Ruben (VEN) won the Silver Medal with a Total of 231kg while VIZITIU Daniel Florin (ROU) won the Bronze. Women’s 53kg Women’s 53kg bodyweight category displayed an impressive and struggling fight between LIN Binglian (CHN) and RIM Un Sim (PRK). No one could take the lead on the podium. LIN won with a Total of 187kg lifting 1kg more in the Snatch and 1kg more in the Total than the lifter from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Bronze Medallist in the Snatch, the Venezuelan lifter ZABALA ZABALA Yorlis Yaidelyn lifted 10kg less than the Gold winner LIN. Bronze Medallist in the Clean & Jerk and in the Total, GOMEZ Janeth (MEX) was only 8th after the Snatch, but could come back to the podium and ended with a Total of 167kg. Men’s 62kg The competition was highly competitive in the Snatch, while both KWON Yong Gwang (PRK) and EMAD GOUDA Ahmed (EGY) lifted 116kg. KWON won the Gold by bodyweight however in the Clean & Jerk he took the lead with 142kg. His Total was 6kg more than the Total of EMAD GOUDA winner of the Silver Medal. With a Total of 250kg, third place went to MAKEYEV Mikhail

World Weightlifting’s 2012 Best Lifters received their Trophies

The Kazakh athlete, Zulfiya Chinshanlo and the Iranian athlete Behdad Salimikordasiabi were voted to be the Best Lifters of 2012 by the readership of World Weightlifting and the weightlifting public all over the world. Zulfiya received the “Jenő Boskovics Lifter of the Year Challenge Trophy” for the Best Lifter of 2012 at the IWF Congress held in Uzbekistan Tashkent in the presence of 64 countries. In the absence of Salimi, the President of the Iranian Weightlifting Federation, Hossein Rezazadeh took over the plaque for this great recognition. The presenters were Dr Tamas Ajan, IWF President, and Kornél Jancsó, Editor-in-Chief. Over 1,300 verified votes took part in the election of the Lifters of the Year for 2012 on this website, launched by World

The 2013 IWF Youth Weightlifting Championships kicked off

The 2013 IWF Youth Weightlifting Championships kicked off today in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The President of the Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Mirabror Usmanov, the Deputy Prime-Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Batir ZAKIROV and the Minister of Culture and sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan Minkhajidin Mirzajanovich KHODJIMATOV honored the Opening Ceremony with their presence. Record number of athletes and record number of countries 257 Men from 46 countries and 189 Women from 38 countries (altogether 446 athletes from 52 countries) are competing in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This competition is the first competition in central Asia and all athletes are willing to secure the participation of their country at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games to be held in Nanjing, China. Only 1 Youth World Record holder (Snatch, Clean & Jerk and in the Total) is present at the competition, Nadezhda Nogay (KAZ) ¬who will compete in the Women’s +69kg bodyweight category. On the first competition day, athletes competed for medals in 2 bodyweight categories: Men’s 50kg and Women’s 44kg. Men’s 50kg Asian weightlifters took possession of the podium in this bodyweight category. China on the lead was followed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Uzbekistan. First medal of the competition for the host country, the venue was crowded to watch YULDASHEV Mashkhurbek (UZB) winning 3 Bronze with a Total of 196kg. The Chinese lifter finished 4th in the Clean & Jerk, but had a 6kg advantage in the Snatch which was enough for him to win the Gold Medal in the Snatch and in the Total. With 197kg, PAK Jong Ju (PRK) ended up second. Women’s 44kg After a Silver Medal in the Men’s 50kg, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea won the Gold in the Women’s 44kg. RI Su Yon won 3 Gold Medals leaving the second place to KHING Khing (MYA). The Bronze Medal in the Total went to the Egyptian athlete SALEH MAHMOUD Heba. Bronze Medallist in the Snatch, CSENGERI Monica Suneta (ROU) finished the competition at the 5th

IWF Congress in Tashkent

Mr. Batir Zakirov, Uzbekistan Weightlifting Federation President and Deputy Prime Minister welcomed the IWF Congress delegates. After the presentation of appreciations and President Ajan’s address, the delegates received the Quadrennial Report of the IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan, General Secretary, Ma Wenguang and the 3 Committee Chairmen, Sam Coffa, Technical Committee Chairman, Dr. Hasan Akkus, Medical Committee Chairman and Dragomir Cioroslan, Coaching and Research Committee Chairman. The Congress unanimously approved the audited Financial Statement for the year 2012 and the Quadrennial Financial Report 2009-2012 and received information on the 2013 Budget. The Executive Board approved and submitted the constitutional Membership list to the IWF Congress. Detailed presentation was given on the Member Federations’ rights and obligations according to the Constitution. In accordance with the IWF Constitution, 147 Full Member Federations were confirmed to be able to participate in the upcoming Electoral Congress with voting right. Among other important topics, the summary of the Anti-Doping controls and the preparation of future IWF Events were presented to the Congress. Delegates were informed about the program and conditions of the IWF Electoral Congress to be held on 20-21 May in Moscow, Russia. An important announcement was made by the Polish Federation: the introduction of the city of Wroclaw instead of Warsaw as the venue of the 2013 IWF World