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Day 7 – 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

The seventh day featured the Women 81kg and the Men 102kg categories. Women 81kg Category In the first session of the day, the host country Mexico finally won its first Gold medal of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships when Mairyn Vanessa HERNANDEZ LIZZARRAGA won with 95kg. Silver went to Busra CAN (TUR) with 94kg, while Shams Mohamed Ahmed ABDELRAZIM (EGY) finished third with 92kg. In Clean&Jerk only the order in the first two places changed. This time Can won with her second lift of 118kg, Hernandez Lizarraga took Silver with 116kg, and Abdelrazim collected her second Bronze medal of the day with 115kg. The Total podium was as follows: Busra CAN - 212kg Mairyn Vanessa HERNANDEZ LIZARRAGA - 211kg Shams Mohamed Ahmed ABDELRAZIM - 207kg Women 81kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Men 102kg Category In the Snatch portion of the program the competition for the Gold medal was decided between 2 athletes, Nikita ABDRAKHMANOV from Kazakhstan and Kutradbek SALIMJONOV from Uzbekistan. At the end Abdrakhmanov could hold a 1kg advantage and with 157kg placed first, while Salimjonov won Silver with 156kg. Bronze medal went Cristian Jesus BOJORQUEZ GRIJALVA from Mexico with 133kg. In C&J, Baki Sami KIYMET from Turkey placed third with 163kg, Salimjonov with just only one good lift of 171kg finished second and once again Abdrakhmanov won it all with a the huge difference of 20kg (191kg). In Total the following results were made: Nikita ABDRAKHMANOV (KAZ) - 348kg Kutradbek SALIMJONOV (UZB) - 327kg Baki Sami KIYMET (TUR) - 294kg Men 102kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas The last day tomorrow will feature the Men +102kg and the Women +81kg categories. Follow the competition live on the IWF YouTube

Day 6 – 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

On day 6 of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships the action continued with the Women 76kg and Men 96kg categories. Women 76kg Category In Snatch Estefany ESPINOZA URESTI from Mexico placed 3rd with 90kg which she lifted on her third attempt. Second place went to Nigora SUVONOVA from Uzbekistan with 91kg who after last year Youth World Championships repeated her performance only this time she needed 1 kg less for that. The Snatch Youth World Champion title at the end went to Rahma Ahmed Abdelrazek Hassan ELSAYED from Egypt with her third attempt of 95kg. In Clean&Jerk the same podium followed: Espinoza finished third with 110kg, Suvonova 2nd with 119kg, which was 5kg more than her best lift last year in Jeddah, and Elsayed placed first with her 2nd lift of 120kg. The Total result were as follows: Rahma Elsayed (EGY) - 215kg Nigora Suvonova (UZB) - 210kg Estefany Espinoza (MEX) - 200kg  Women 76kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Men 96kg Category In Snatch Gervasi TABAGARI (GEO) proved to be the strongest as he lifted 7kg more (140kg) than the second and third placed athletes, Saparly MUHYYEV (TKM) and Abrorbek MARUFBEKOV (UZB). In C&J Muhyyev collected another medal, this time a Bronze with his second lift of 167kg. Silver medal was awarded to Pablo MEDINA CONTRERAS (MEX) with his third attempt of 169kg, while the absolute winner was Tabagari with a C&J of 177kg. In Total, Medina Contreras added a Bronze medal to his collection with 300kg, Muhyyev won Silver with the same Total and Tabagari became the Youth World Champion with 317kg. Men 96kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Tomorrow the event continues with the Men 102kg and Women 81kg categories. Follow the competition live on the IWF YouTube

IWF Welcomes Decision from CAS

The IWF has taken note and welcomes this decision put forth today by the Court for Arbitration of Sport (CAS) regarding two individuals, former International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) leaders, both of whom have now been suspended from the sport for life. In recent years, the IWF has invested a significant amount of time and resources to eradicate doping from the sport. Working together with the International Testing Agency (ITA), the IWF has outsourced all anti-doping activities including testing and education to these experts to run. IWF Interim President Michael Irani commented, “We welcome the decision by CAS which closes a chapter in IWF history. The IWF has learnt a lot and continues to move forward in governance reforms and clean sport in order to avoid anything like this from happening again in the future. With this behind us we can fully focus on the completion of tasks which were given to us by our Olympic partners concluding with the upcoming election end of this month.”  The CAS decision can be read

New Youth World Record for Egypt – 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

The fifth day here in León Mexico featured the Women 64kg, the Men 89kg and Women 71kg categories. In the Men 89kg we could witness an extraordinary perfomance from an Egyptian athlete which brought him the Gold and a Youth World Record. Women 64kg Category In the Women 64kg category there was a clear distinction between the first placed athlete and the rest of them.  In Snatch Ingrid Vanesa SEGURA GRUESO (COL) only started her lifts when the rest of the athletes have already finished.She went 3-from-3 with 87-91-94kg and easily won Gold. Silver went to Nadezhada LI (KAZ) with 85kg, while Keily Carolina SILVA FERNANDEZ (VEN) completed the podium with 84kg. In the Clean&Jerk we witnessed a medal from Group B for the second time at this Youth World Championships, when Brianna MARQUEZ (USA) took Bronze with 105kg. Her teammate Anna SIERRA finished second with just 1kg more, with 106kg. Then came Segura, who after her Gold in Snatch, went 3-from-3 again and with the difference of 11kg collected her second Gold medal of the day. The Total podium followed the Snatch one, Segura was awarded Youth World Champion with 211kg, Li finished second with 190kg, while Silva won Bronze with 187kg. Women 64kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Men 89kg Category This category brought the second new Youth World Record of the Championships when Mahmoud Hosny Elsayed HASSAN from Egypt broke the C&J Youth World Record. In all the disciplines the podium stayed the same. Carlos Enrique LEON AVELLA from Venezuela collected 3 Bronze medals with 125-155-280, while Nikoloz ESARTIA from Georgia won Silver with 141-174-315. The clear winner of the category was Mahmoud Hassan who not only won 3 Gold medals with 150-193-343, he also broke the C&J Youth World Record. On his second attempt he lifted 175kg and then with his team they decided to jump to 193kg which was a new World Record attempt. Much to the excitement the crowd he executed the lift perfectly and broke the record. Men 89kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Women 71kg Category In Snatch the competition was really close between the athletes who made a podium finish. Janette YLISOINI from Finland placed at 3rd place with her 2nd attempt of 89kg, Ildem Burcu GERCEKDEN from Turkey took Silver with 91kg and with Mia RHODES (USA) lifting 92kg on her last attempt, USA collected ist first Gold medal of the Championships. In C&J portion of the program Rhodes proved to be the strongest and with her third lift of 110kg won the competition. Ylisoini finished at 2nd place with 106kg. On her third attempt she tried 111kg however it was a no lift. Ivanna Gabriela CERQUERA MONTOYA even though she placed 7th in Snatch, was strong enough to lift 104kg in C&J, which earned her the Bronze medal. In Total, Mia Rhodes collected her third Gold medal with 202kg, Ylisoini placed 2nd with 195kg, and Gercekden completed the podium with 194kg. Women 71kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Tomorrow the competition continues with the Women 76kg and the Men 96kg categories. Follow the action live on the IWF YouTube

Youth World Record for Kazakhstan – Day 4 at the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

The fourth day at the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships featured the Men 73kg, the Women 59kg and the Men 81kg categories. Right away in the first medal event of the day the crowd could experience the first Youth World Record of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships. Men 73kg Category In Snatch the competition was on between Yedige YEMBERDI (KAZ) and Diyorbek ERMATOV (UZB). Ermatov made two successful lifts (128-133kg) on his first attempts while Yemberdi missed his first lift of 130kg and only on his second try could manage it. Yemberdi came out for his last attempt with 134kg on the bar which at the end was a good lift for him. Everything depended on whether Ermatov could lift his last attempt of 135kg, which at the end he couldn't, therefore Yemberdi placed first and Ermatov second. Brayan IBANEZ GUERRERO (CAN) completed the Snatch podium with 132kg. In Clean&Jerk, Ermatov finished thrid with three successful attempts (151-154-157kg). Yasar KACARA (TUR) took Silver with 158kg which he lifted on his second lift. Yemberdi just like in Snatch couldn't lift his first attempt, however on his second try he lifted 165kg. On his last attempt he jumped to 172kg which meant if it is a good lift he will break the current World Standard of 171kg. He showed no hesitation on his last attempt and broke the Youth World Record which was also the first new World Record of the Championships. In Total Yemberdi won it all with 306kg, Ermatov finished at second place with 290kg and Ibanez collected his second Bronze medal with 288kg. Men 73kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Women 59kg Category In the Snatch portion of the category the competition was really close between the first 4 places. At the end Medina AMANOVA from Tukrmenistan became Bronze medallist with 83kg, Dubaney SINISTERRA ANGULO from Colombia finished at 2nd place as she lifted the same weight first. Jessica Isabel PALACIOS DAJOMES from Ecuador on her last attempt lifted 84kg therefore by 1 kg won the Gold. Charlotte SIMONEAU also tried to lift 84kg on her last attempt but it was a no lift therefore missed a podium finish. The suprise of the category was Barbara Lizbeth CARVAJAL NARVAEZ from Mexico who from Group B won the Bronze medal with 100kg. The difference between the Gold and Silver medal was once again 1kg. Hanin Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed ELSAYED from Egypt lifted 103kg on her last attempt and became Silver medallist, while Sinisterra finished first with 104kg. In Total Sinisterra added another Gold medal to her collection with 187kg, Elsayed took Silver with 185kg and Palacios completed the podium with 183kg. Women 59kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Men 81kg Category In Snatch Ihann Enriqueu BARRERAS CARMONA (MEX) infront of home crowd won his first Bronze medal after he lifted 119kg on his last attempt. Iacopo FALSINOTTI (ITA) won Silver medal with 132kg, while with a huge difference, Denis POLUBOYARINOV (KAZ) finished at 1st place with 143kg. In the C&J portion of the category, the same podium followed as in Snatch. Barreras placed third with 161kg, Falsinotti took Silver with the same weight, just he lifted it first. The clear winner of the category Poluboyarinov went 3-from-3 with 170-175-180kg and added another Gold medal to his collection. The last Total podium was as follows: Poluboyarinov won Gold once again with 323kg, Falsinotti collected his third Silver medal with 293kg, while Barreras clinched Bronze with 280kg. Men 81kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Tomorrow the action continues with the Women 64kg, the Men 89kg and the Women 71kg categories. Follow the action live on the IWF YouTube

First World Champion Title for Malta – Third Day at the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

The third day here in León, Mexico featured the Women 49kg, the Men 67kg and the Women 55kg categories. Women 49kg Category In the Snatch portion of the category Luluk Diana Tri WIJAYANA from Indonesia didn't leave a chance for the others in the group. She went 3-from-3 with 70-72-75kg and won Gold. Silver went to Oliwia Weronika DRZAZGA from Poland with 70kg, and Darya BALABAYUK from Kazakhstan clinched Bronze with he second lift of 69kg.  In Clean&Jerk Wijayana continued where she left of in the Snatch and easily won first place in C&J with her second attempt of 95kg. She also tried to lift 100kg on her last but it was a no lift. Just like in Snatch Drzazga took the Silver medal with her second lift of 91kg and Bahar KIRAT (TUR) finished third with 86kg. In Total, both Wijayana and Drzazga collected their third medal of the day (Gold and Silver respectively) and Joseline LOPEZ GONZALEZ from Mexico finished third with 153kg infront of home crowd.   Women 49kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas  Men 67kg Category The Men 67kg started at 15:00 local time with 9 athletes competing for the World Champion titles. In Snatch, based on entry totals Yerassyl SAULEBEKOV (KAZ) had the highest chance to win Gold however after he missed his first two attempts it wasn't so sure anymore. On his last attempt however he showed to everyone that he is capable of lifting much more and with that lift placed first. Second and third place went to the two Turkish athletes in the group, Halil Ibrahim AKBULUT took Silver with 122kg and Alaaddin SAYIN the Bronze with 121kg. In Clean&Jerk Bartosz BURSKI from Poland managed to get in between the Turkish athletes and clinched Bronze with his third attempt of 153kg. Sayin won Silver with 157kg, and with just 1kg more Saulebekov took Gold medal with 158kg. The Total podium followed the C&j one, Saulebekov became Youth World Champion with 281kg, Sayin finished second with 278kg and Burski collected his second Bronze medal with 269kg. Men 67kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Women 55kg Category In Snatch based on starting weights Tenishia THORNTON from Malta and Maria Jose HERNANDEZ VERDIN from Mexico had the highest chance of winning Gold. Maria Hernandez who is living in León, Mexico also celebrated her 17th birthday today. Hernandez successfully lifted 75kg on her first lift, while Thornton missed her first one of 76kg. Thornton tried 76kg once again which she managed on her second lift. Then came Noura Essam Helmi Abdelbari MOHAMED from Egypt who on her last attempt also lifted 76kg. Hernandez attempted 77kg on both her second and last lift but sadly couldn't perform another good lift so she won Bronze in the category. As Thornton did a good lift of 78kg, she ensured that she won in Snatch, while Mohamed finished second. In C&J the same podium followed as in Snatch. Maria Hernandez won another Bronze medal with her first attempt of 93kg, Mohamed took Silver with her 2nd attempt of 95kg and Thornton once again won Gold with 100kg.  The Total podium was as follows: Thornton was awarded as the Total Youth World Champion with 178kg, Mohamed took Silver with 171kg, and Hernandez finished third with 168kg.  With winning the category, Tenishia Thornton also won the first ever World Champion title in the history of Malta. Women 55kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Tomorrow the program continues with the Women 59kg, the Men 73kg and Men 81kg categories. Follow the livestream on the IWF YouTube