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Gold Medal for China and Uzbekistan -Third Day at the 2022 Asian Championships

The third day of the 2022 Asian Championships featured the Women 59kg and Men 67kg categories. Women 59kg category The Women 59kg started the day in Manama on the third day of the competition where 9 athletes were competiting for the Asian Championships titles.  In the Snatch portion of the program Quang Thi Tam (VIE) with only one good lift (93kg) took Gold. Her best was 4kg more than what she lifted at this years Asian Junior Championships where she also won. Second place went to Enkhtamir Enkhbaatar (MGL) who went 3-from-3 with her best lift being 92kg. The Snatch podium was completed by Xue Long (CHN) who lifted 91kg at her first international competition. In Clean&Jerk, Thi Tam won Bronze with 115kg. While she tried to lift 119kg on her third attempt - which lift would have brought her the Gold in both C&J and Total - sadly it was a no lift. Second place went to Natasya Beteyob (INA) with 116kg and the Asian Champion title went to Xue Long after on her last attempt she could manage 118kg. Women 59kg Total Podium: Xue Long (CHN) - 209kg Quang Thi Tam (VIE) - 208kg Natasya Beteyob (INA) - 205kg Women 59kg Total Podium @Bahrain Weightlifting Federation Men 67kg category The last category of the day was the Men 67kg one which started at 18:30 local time. In this category the ranking of the medalist remained the same throughout the competition: Uzbek athlete Adkhamjon Ergashev won it all with 138-176-314kg, Mohammad Yasin from Indonesia took Silver with 137-166-303kg, while Anucha Doungsri from Thailand placed third with 136-165-301kg. Adkhamjon Ergashev (UZB) @IWF Tomorrow the action continues with the Men 81kg (Group B), the Women 64kg and Men 73kg categories featuring 2021 IWF World Champion Doston Yokubov (UZB) and current Junior World Record holder Rizki Juniansyah

Junior Asian Record for Malaysia – Day 2 of the 2022 Asian Championships

Day 2 of the Asian Championships featured the Men 55kg, Men 61kg and Women 55kg categories. The day started with the Men 61kg Group B, where we could witness the first record of the competition. Mohamad Aniq Kasdan from Malaysia lifted a 160kg C&J and with that broke the Junior Asian Record of the category. Mohamad Aniq Kasdan (MAS) @ Bahrain Weightlifting Federation Men 55kg Category The competition was on between 2021 World Champion, Arli Chontey (KAZ), this years SEA Games Champion, Lai Gia Thanh (VIE) and Mansour Al Saleem (KSA), 2019 IWF World Championships Bronze medalist. In Snatch, Chontey placed 3rd with 116kg. Second place went to Al Saleem with 119kg, and Gia Thanh became Snatch Asian Champion with 120kg. In C&J, the same athletes made the podium but in different order: Al Saleem won Bronze medal with 140kg, second place this time went to Gia Thanh with 142kg and Chontey won Gold with 144kg. Total medalists of the category: Lai Gia Thanh (VIE) - 262kg Arli Chontey (KAZ) - 260kg Mansour Al Saleem (KSA) - 259kg Lai Gia Thanh (VIE) @Bahrain Weightlifting Federation Women 55kg Category In Snatch, Linglong Yu (CHN) at her first international event since 2016 finished at 1st place. Even though Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ) lifted the same weight (95kg), as Yu did it first, Chinshanlo could only get Silver. The Snatch podium was completed with Nigora Abdullaeva (UZB) with her third lift of 87kg. In C&J, Tokyo 2020 Bronze medalist, Windy Cantika Aisah placed third with her last attempt of 106kg. Linglong Yu after her Gold medal in Snatch collected a Silver medal in C&J with her first lift of 115kg. Chinshanlo was the absolute winner of the category as with her second lift of 125kg she won by 10kgs. She also tried to beat the Senior World and Asian Record with 130kg but at the end it was a no lift. The Total podium was as follows: Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ) - 220kg Linglong Yu (CHN) - 210kg Nigora Abdullaeva (UZB) - 193kg Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ) @IWF Men 61kg Category The last category of the day was the Men 61kg.  In the Snatch portion of the category, Bronze medal went to Ricko Saputra from Indonesia with 133kg and Silver to Nguyen Tran Ahn Tuan from Vietnam with 134kg. The strongest of the category was Xionghui Jia from People's Republic of China who took Gold medal with 140kg. He tried to break Fabin Li's record of 145kg but unfortunately he didn't manage his last attempt of 146kg. In Clean & Jerk, Saputra collected his second Bronze of the night with 158kg. As the suprise of the day, Mohamad Aniq Kasdan not only broke the Junior Asian Record with 160kg, he also became Silver medalist from Group B. Finally Tran Anh Tuan placed first with his second lift of 161kg. The last Total podium of the day was the following: Xionghui Jia (CHN) - 296kg Nguyen Tran Anh Tuan (VIE) - 295kg  Ricko Saputra (INA) - 291kg Nguyen Tran Ahn Tuan (VIE) @Bahrain Weightlifting Federation Tomorrow the action continues with the Women 59kg and Men 67kg

Vietnam and China shine on the first day of the 2022 Asian Championships

The 2022 Asian Championships started today in Manama, Bahrain at 4PM local time. The first day featured the Women 45kg and Women 49kg categories. Women 45kg Category In Snatch the 2019 IWF Junior World Champion, Khong My Phuong (VIE) took Gold with 78kg, SEA Games Bronze medalist, Siti Nafisatul Hariroh (INA) won Silver with her second lift of 71kg and Harshada Sharad Garud (IND) finished at third place with 68kg. In C&J, as Phuong couldn't make a successful lift on her third try, she won Silver with 88kg, while Nafisatul lifted 91kg on her third attempt and therefore took the Gold. The C&J podium was completed by Rose Jean Ramos (PHI) with 85kg, the same weight she lifted at this years IWF Youth World Championships in León, Mexico. The Total podium was as follows:  Khong My Phuong (VIE) - 166kg Siti Nafisatul Hariroh (INA) - 162kg Harshada Sharad Garud (IND) - 152kg Khong My Phuong (VIE) @Bahrain Weightlifting Federation Women 49kg category In the Snatch portion of the category, the Chinese and Vietnamese athletes, Jiali Wang and Tran Thi My Dung were both going for Gold based on their starting weights. At the end they both only had one good attempts and as Wang lifted 1 kg more (81kg) she placed first, and Dung the second (80kg). Bronze went to Asian Junior Silver medalist, Jamila Panfilova (UZB) with 79kg. The biggest suprise of the C&J portion of the program was Snatch Silver medalist, Dung bombing out. With her not being a medal contender the field became open for others. In case of the Gold medal, there was no question, Wang with 3 good lifts won the category (105kg). Silver was won by Jing Lin Cheng (TPE) with also 3 good lifts, the best being 102kg and the last medal of the C&J went to 2018 World Champion in the W45kg category, Yulduz Jumabayeva (TKM) with 97kg.   The last Total podium of the day was as follows: Jiali Wang (CHN) - 186kg Jing Lin Cheng (TPE) - 181kg Yulduz Jumabayeva (TKM) - 172kg  Jiali Wang (CHN) @Bahrain Weightlifting Federation Tomorrow the competition continues with the Men 55kg, Men 61kg and Women 55kg categories at 11AM local

IWF Executive Board strengthens commitment to anti-doping during in-person meeting in Rome

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) hosted an in-person meeting in Rome and reinforced its commitment to making improvements across anti-doping, governance, and its Constitution.It was the first time that the IWF Executive Board has met in Italy and IOC Member and Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) President Giovanni Malagò attended the start of the meeting to welcome the members to the CONI Headquarters. The EB followed up on the work done since the last in-person meeting in July and the commitments that had been made, including looking into conducting due diligence of the IWF over the past ten years. Enhancing the IWF’s robust anti-doping programme was also among the key items on the agenda and saw a presentation from Chair of the IWF Anti-Doping Commission Rune Andersen and Director General of the International Testing Agency (ITA) Benjamin Cohen. Proposals to further enhance the programme included expanding investigative powers, improving education, introducing minimum testing requirements for member federations, and addressing resources in intelligence and investigation. Special attention was paid to how the IWF can further enhance education among athletes, coaches, and National Federations.Protecting clean athletes was a clear guiding principle in the proposal around updating the Olympic Qualification System for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 presented by IWF EB member Matthew Curtain, the IF Delegate for Paris 2024. The Executive Board agreed in principle to strengthen the Qualification System, subject to written approval from the IWF Athletes’ Commission. Following IWF Athletes’ Commission approval, the document will be sent to the IOC for final approval.The EB also approved in principle a strict measure to exclude countries where out-of-competition testing is not possible as a further step to supporting IWF’s zero tolerance on doping. The ITA with the Anti-Doping-Commission will look into the legal possibilities and prepare a proposal for the IWF EB as soon as possible.IWF President Mohammed Jalood said:“This meeting was very productive and engaging. The Executive Board is passionate about constantly improving weightlifting for the benefit of our clean athletes. The IWF’s anti-doping programme is recognised as being one of the strongest among Olympic sports but we always want to go further and find ways to enhance it to better promote clean sport. This commitment to progress was clear in our discussions on anti-doping but also extends to our Olympic Qualification System, reforms on governance and the development of weightlifting.”During the Executive Board meeting there were presentations from the IWF Committees and an update on the Athletes’ Commission elections, which will be held during the World Championships in December.IWF General Secretary Antonio Urso delivered an update on the World Championships which will serve as the first qualification event for Paris 2024, as well as the IWF World Youth Championships in Tirana, Albania. Further progress reports were presented on the IWF World Junior Championships Guadalajara, Mexico and IWF World Senior Championships in Riyadh, Saudi

Zacarias Bonnat elected as third athlete representative on IWF Executive Board

Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Zacarias Bonnat of the Dominican Republic has been elected by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes’ Commission (AC) as the third athlete representative on the IWF Executive Board. The IWF Constitution allows for up to three IWF AC delegates to serve on the Executive Board to ensure that the athlete voice is fully represented in the federation’s decision-making processes. Bonnat joins IWF AC Chair Forrester Christopher Osei and IWF Vice-Chair Dora Tchakounte as the three athlete representatives on the Executive Board. The vote was carried out online by the members of the IWF AC and will see Bonnat hold the position until the 2022 IWF Athletes' Commission election on 5-16 December 2022, in Bogota Colombia, on the occasion of the 2022 IWF World Championships. IWF General Secretary Antonio Urso said: “We are delighted to welcome Bonnat to the Executive Board and further strengthen athlete representation among our membership. The IWF is fully committed to promoting the interests of the athletes and having three athletes on our Executive Board ensures that their voice is heard and acted upon.” IWF AC Chair Forrester Christopher Osei added: “The IWF Athletes Commission is very happy to have Zacarias as one of our representatives on the Executive Board. We have complete confidence that he will be a valuable addition and will actively contribute to discussions which will impact our fellow weightlifters. As a silver medallist from the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, he will bring vital experience and perspective as one of the world’s best weightlifters to the Executive

Zhou Jinqiang appointed as Deputy Minister of Sport of China

Mr. Zhou Jinqiang, President of Chinese Weightlifting Association, was appointed the Deputy Minister of Sport of China, the official website of Chinese government made the announcement on September. 29.   Under Mr. Zhou's leadership, China weightlifting national team obtained seven gold medals and one silver medal at Tokyo Olympic Games, the best results achieved by China weightlifting in its history.   Congratulations to Mr.