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Clean Sweeps on day six of YWC

Once again two athletes claimed triple gold in their bodyweight categories on day six of the IWF Youth World Championships in Las Vegas. Turkey's NARIN Dilara secured a golden hat-trick in the women's 76-kilogram category and then Bulgaria's HRISTOV Stefcho Dimitrov managed the same feat in the men's 102kg. Seventeen-year-old HRISTOV gained his first gold in the snatch with a lift of 145kg, which saw him beat Georgia's TAKTAKISHVILI Lasha by a full 15kg. Azerbaijan’s SHUKURLU Ali, who turns 16 this year, claimed the Snatch bronze with a lift of 125kg. As it turned out the top three remained the same for the Clean and Jerk and therefore the overall competition as well. In the Clean and Jerk, HRISTOV lifted 170kg for gold, this time 10kg more than TAKTAKISHVILI, while SHUKURLU managed 155kg for his second bronze. Added together that meant HRISTOV also claimed overall gold with total lifts of 315kg. Taktakishvili seized silver with lifts totalling 290kg, while 280kg was enough to give SHUKURLU his third bronze by 20kg. In the women's 76kg category, NARIN gained her first gold with a snatch of 96kg just four days shy of her 17th birthday. That saw her top the field by 4kg, before she went on the win the Clean and Jerk title by 13kg with a lift of 129kg. That effort saw her break her own youth world record. Combined, those two lifts gave her the overall gold as well, by 17kg in front of Armenia's GYURJYAN Liana. As in the men's 102kg event, the top three was the same for the Snatch, Clean and Jerk and overall events. GYURJYAN's lifts of 92kg in the Snatch and 116kg in the Clean in Jerk gave her three silvers, while Ecuador's PAREDES ARREAGA Bella Nancy, the only athlete in the field to have already turned 17, came third three times with respective lifts of 90kg and 110kg. medals were also decided in the women's 81kg and men's 96kg categories. In the men's event, BEKBOLAT Rakhat from Kazakhstan won the overall and Clean and Jerk titles but came second in the Snatch to Turkey's DEMIRCI Onur. While DEMIRCI won his gold with a lift of 145kg, BEKBOLAT took the overall title by 8kg in front of Demirci with lifts totalling 323kg. The Kazakh's impressive Clean and Jerk of 179kg ensured that. Overall bronze went to MIRZABAEV Mirkhosil from Uzbekistan with a combined 311kg. He finished third in both the Snatch and Clean and Jerk as well. In the women's 81kg event another Kazakh, PASTUKHOVA Olga, took the overall title by just 1kg over Uzbekistan's JABBOROVA Tursunoy. The Kazakh managed lifts totalling 215kg, also winning gold in the Clean and Jerk where she lifted 123kg. That lift saw her beat JABBOROVA by 5kg, though she was second in the snatch by 4kg after the Uzbek managed a lift of 96kg. Coming third overall was Japan's NAKAJIMA Motoka, who also finished third in the Snatch and Clean and Jerk. She managed lifts of 86kg and 109kg for a total of

Uzbekistan and Mexico took triple gold in Las Vegas

Uzbek FAYZULLAEVA Kumushkhon lifted 215kg Total, winning all 3 gold medals in the women's 64kg bodyweight category. She stepped on the Snatch first place with 93kg and the Clean and Jerk with 122kg. ROJAS GONZALEZ Queysi Julissa (MEX) finished at second place with an 88kg Snatch and a 107kg Clean and Jerk performance, totalling at 195kg, and 5kg behind her, Romanian ILIE Mihaela(190kg). The event hall was filled with loud cheering when ALOTHMAN Ali Yousef A (KSA), 2018 Youth Olympic Games bronze medallist successfully finished his last lift at 171kg, stealing the overall gold from Armenian KARAPETYAN Garik, after the two of them competed head-to-head all along, KARAPETYAN winning the Snatch (137kg) and ALOTHMAN taking the lead in Clean and Jerk. They had the final result of 305kg and 307kg respectively. Other Armenian GHAHRAMANYAN Gevorg captured the bronze medal not far behind the top two lifters, with a 304kg Total. Mexican VELAZQUEZ ROMERO Emmy Lizette collected a big victory in woman's 71kg bodyweight category with a 214kg Total, a 20kg advantage over second runner up, USA's REEVES Olivia Lynn. The Snatch gold was secured with 93kg and Clean and Jerk on 121kg. REEVES collected three silver medals on home soil, lifting 84kg in the Snatch and 110kg in the Clean and Jerk for a combined 194kg. SALDARRIAGA DIOSES Estrella Belen won overall bronze with 185kg, helped by a Snatch third place on

SAPI shined on day 4 of IWF Youth World Championships

In the men's 73kg bodyweight category, Bulgarian NASAR Karlos May Hasan and 2018 Asian Youth Championships bronze medallist, NARIMANOV Asadbek (UZB) had eyes on the gold medal. The Uzbek had 3kg advantage in the Snatch over NASAR(133kg). Both successfully lifted 154kg in the Clean and Jerk and proceeded to attempt 161kg, which proved to be too much for NARIMANOV. The gold medal went to the Bulgarian with a Total of 291kg, while the silver medallist registered at 287kg. Considerably behind the other two, MISAKIAN Amagiak (GRE) finished third (272kg). Egyptian SAID Neama Said Fahmi won three gold medals in the women's 59kg bodyweight category with a Total result of 195kg. We have seen her talent shine not too long ago, on the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, where she finished second. Two Mexican lifters were fighting for the bronze and silver medals head to head. GUILLEN VAZQUEZ Daphne could lift one kilogram more in the Snatch than her compatriot (82kg), while this favor was on GARCIA GOMEZ Mariana's side in the Clean and Jerk (107kg). Both had the final result of 188kg, but GUILLEN was first to successfully finish the lift, pocketing the silver medal. The three top lifters in the men's 81kg had a steady performance, the rankings stayed the same all along the competition. Kazakh SAPI Yessenkeldi undoubtedly stood out with his outstanding lifting, not missing a single attempt. He easily took the gold medal with a total of 299kg. The second runner up was USA's athlete, STANLEY Dade Lawson, whose result was close to SAPI's in the Snatch (133kg) but was outlifted by a whopping 20kg in the Clean and Jerk, totalling 288kg. Peruvian ATENCIA PRIOU Amel Karim, bronze medallist at the 2018 Pan-American Youth Championships totalled 274kg, which landed him on the third place of the bodyweight

Tears were shed on third day of the YWC

In the woman's 49kg bodyweight category all three gold medals went to Uzbek ABDULLAEVA Nigora, last years Asian Youth Champion (165kg). Second finisher, 2018 Youth Olympic Games bronze medallist and 2018 European Champion CAMBEI Mihaela Valentina (ROU) made a hard effort for a Clean and Jerk gold medal, but could not perform a good lift at her last attempt at 91kg, meaning ABDULLAEVA remained on the top with 90kg. Tears were shed by the 16-year old Romanian, she wanted to take home one gold at least. The bronze medal stayed home, American BRYANT Kaiya Lashay earned it with a 154kg Total result. There was a tense fight for the silver and bronze medals in men's 67kg bodyweight category, but there was no doubt about the first place. TAISUYEV Saikhan (KAZ) had an 18kg advantage at the end over Georgian silver medallist GIORBELIDZE Gurami (288kg). TAISUYEV set a new Clean and Jerk youth world record with his very last lift at 161kg. Turkmen REYIMOV Bektimur stood on the third podium, missing the silver with only one kilogram (269kg). Bronze medallist at the 2018 European Youth Championships, Belgian STERCKX Nina dominated the women's 55kg bodyweight category, beating her competitor, CHOU Yuan-Tzu (TPE) with 175kg and 172kg Total results respectively. We celebrated a Turkish medallist today too, after the success of previous days, OZKAN Cansel collected all three bronze medals in this category, Totaling one kilogram behind CHOU

IWF Education Seminar in Las Vegas

An Education Seminar was held in Las Vegas, USA on 9th March 2019, in conjunction with the IWF Youth World Championships. The seminar which consisted of two topics targeted the young athletes and their coaches. IWF General Secretary, Mr. Mohammed Jalood and IWF Executive Board member, Mr. Mahmoud Mahgoub also attended. The participants heard an interesting presentation about the whereabouts, its importance, the process of submission and whereabouts failures by Dr. Lilla Sagi and Ms. Reka Földesi. Moreover, information about the IWF iLiftClean E-learning Platform was given. To do the Course, please click here. As a second topic, Dr. Kyle Pierce, member of the IWF Coaching and Research Committee talked about recovery, adaptation, stress management and nutrition. The interest was high regarding this topic as several questions were raised after the presentations. Join the IWF at the next Education Seminar on 12th March and at the Outreach where athletes take iLiftClean photos with the famous IWF iLiftClean barbell and get IWF

Second day of the IWF Youth World Championships

In the men's 55kg bodyweight category, Italian MASSIDDA Sergio, 2018 European Youth, and Junior bronze medallist won the Snatch with a one-kilogram advantage over NAFASOV Ogabek (UZB). Performing even stronger in the Clean and Jerk, he came out to lift 125kg at his first attempt, which granted him all three gold medals (228kg). NAFASOV finished fourth in the Clean and Jerk, but his Total result of 223kg was enough for the overall silver medal. 2018 Pan-American Youth Champion POOX PERALTA Jose Manuel was the third runner up with a 217kg Total after grabbing the silver medal in Clean and Jerk. On the second competition of the day, the men's 61kg, Kazakh AKMOLDA Sairamkez stood on the top of the podium, the only one with six good lifts, totalling at 257kg. Three kilograms behind him, GENC Yusuf Fehmi (TUR) became second. Vietnamese BUI Dinh Sang, after a good start in the Snatch, a gold medal with 113kg, failed two of his Clean and Jerk attempts, and having only one successful lift of 130kg, he ended up in the third place in Total. It was easy to predict the medallists of the women's 40kg, as only three athletes competed in this bodyweight category.  Two of the medals went to Turkish lifters, gold medal for BEKTAS Cansu (120kg) and bronze to ULKER Zeliha (107kg). With 116kg Total, TPE HONG Zi Yu received the silver medal. Silver medallist at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, NGUYEN Thi Thu Trang from Vietnam dominated the women's 45kg bodyweight category, with a Total of 141kg, took all three gold medals. SALDARIAGA YOVERA Anali Paola (PER) came in second 10kg behind NGUYEN and TPE ZENG Yi Fan earned the bronze with