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Two Senior, seven Junior World Records

Chinese CHEN Lijun defended his World Champion title in Total at the World Championships in Thailand on Friday, achieving this despite he was not first in either of the lifts. In the Snatch, the 26-years-old Chinese finished at 150kg, but ISMAYILOV Daniyar (TUR) performed the same before him. Surprisingly, the gold went to the winner of the B group, also Chinese FENG Lyudong. In the Clean and Jerk, ISMAYILOV didn't perform well, but CHEN and PAK Jong Ju (PRK) fought a rather close battle. The Chinese lifter bettered his own World Record from 185kg to 187kg at his third lift, but PAK topped this at his final attempt and cleaned 188kg. This way, North-Korea won this lift, and third behind CHEN, the 20-years-old ERGASHEV Adkhamjon (UZB) with 182kg. Ont he way, ERGASHEV set not less than 7 Junior World Records. FIGUEROA MOSQUERA Oscar Albeiro (COL), 2016 Rio Olympic Champion also participated, but only got to the tenth

LI Fabin seized the Gold from IRAWAN

In the men’s 61kg, Indonesian 2018 winner IRAWAN Eko Yuli was dethroned by Chinese Li Fabin, who also set new World Records in the Snatch and Total on the way. The triple Gold Medallist Chinese set the World Record at 145kg in the first lift and 318kg in Total. Moreover, previously IRAWAN was holding the Record for the latter. For everyone's surprise, the other Chinese participant, third on last years World Championship, QUINN Fulin bombed out in the Snatch, he consoled with a Clean and Jerk Bronze. Behind LI and IRAWAN in Total, MOSQUERA VALENCIA Francisco Antonio came in third with 302kg, after finishing second in the Clean and Jerk with 170kg after the World Champion LI

Chinese success with World Records

Chinese winners were announced in the women’s 49kg bodyweight category at the World Championships in Thailand on Thursday: HOU Zhiu won the Snatch and JIANG Huihua won in Total. In the first lift, HOU completed 94kg first, clinching the Gold Medal from JIANG who had the same result. The Bronze Medal both in the Snatch and Total went to PRK lifter, RI song Gum.  It shows the strength of the field, that 2017 World Champion MIRAGAI Chanu Saikhom (INA) could not achieve a medal. The 17-year-old AISAH Windy’s performance should be highlighted too, who bested her own Youth World Record from 81kg to 82kg, than her Clean and Jerk record to 100kg, and the Total to 182kg. The battle of the Chinese continued in the Clean and Jerk and Bronze Medallist last year, JIANG ended up gaining the upper hand. First, HOU set a new World Record in Total after cleaning 117kg. This only lasted a couple of minutes, as JIANG managed 118kg, setting the World Record at 212kg in this bodyweight

2019 IWF World Championships opens in Pattaya

The 2019 IWF World Championships opened in Pattaya today with an Opening Ceremony which showcased the best of Thailand’s rich culture. The Ceremony began with a video which took the audience on a journey across the beautiful resort of Pattaya and the surrounding region. It was followed by a drum and wind instrument musical performance before IWF President Tamas Ajan and TAWA President Madam Boossaba Yodbangtoey addressed the audience alongside the Mayor of Pattaya. IWF President Ajan said: “This is a very special occasion. We are very grateful and happy that TAWA has invited the weightlifting family for these World Championships. This is a very important event: 100 countries with more than 600 competitors from all five continents from the world are here. I thank TAWA and the Executive Board members who are here and we are ready to celebrate a fantastic competition.” The IWF President officially declared the World Championships open which was the cue for the flag parade of the 100 participating nations. The host country’s flag was raised to the Thai national anthem. The final act of an engaging ceremony was a traditional Thai drum performance. The World Championships will run until the 27

Turkish winner announced in W45

In the lightest women’s bodyweight category, Turkey’s European Champion this year, ERDOGAN Saziye triumphed. The 27-year-old lifter won the Snatch with 77kg, but could only defeat MONTERO RAMOS Ludia M (CUB) with a 1kg advance, the 2019 Pan-American Champion. Vietnamese KHONG My Phuong wasn’t far behind either with 74kg, this year's Junior World Champion. In the Clean and Jerk, KHONG was only able to lift 87kg, so she had no hope for another medal. From the Turkish-Cuban duel, the European contestant emerged victorious, who cleaned 92kg, which was enough for the Silver Medal, but with 169kg in Total, she became World Champion. This required MONTERO RAMOS to finish the competition at 91kg, which put her on the fourth place in this lift, although she earned the Silver in Total with 167kg. In the Clean and Jerk, Indonesian SETIAWATI Lisa scored gold with 95kg and could stand on the third podium with her Total result of 165kg. The bronze medal of the second lift went to the other Vietnamese participant, 2019 Asian Champion VUONG Thi

OM Yun Chol is World Champion for the fifth time!

The London Olympic Gold and Rio Olympic Silver medallist North Korean lifter performed 128kg in the Snatch, gaining 8kg advance over his closest competitors. In the Clean and Jerk, he put even more distance between himself and the field and did not only win gold for this lift but easily won the Total as well. OM secured 155kg then proceeded to 163kg, which would have been a new World Record. He held the previous one too with 162kg. He failed this lift, but at the third attempt, he went even higher, to 166kg. This time, he performed a good lift and set the World Record not only in the Clean and Jerk but in Total as well, modifying the World Standard from 293kg to 294kg. Behind him in second place was Vietnamese NGUYEN Tran Anh Tuan with 120kg and bronze medallist SON Igor (KAZ) with the same result. Iranian GHASHGHAEI Hafez came in second in the Clean and Jerk with 149kg. Iran did not have a medal in the lightest men’s bodyweight category since legendary lifter in the 60’s, Mohammad Nassiri. The bronze in this lift went to AL SALEEM Mansour Abdulrahim M (KSA). Thanks to his 147kg Total result, he was third in Total too with 265kg, while SON Igor received the bronze medal in