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Coaching and Techincal Officials Seminar in Madrid

A Coaching and Technical Officials Seminar was organized by the Spanish Weightlifting Federation in Madrid, endorsed by IWF. More than 40 people, coaches, athletes, and judges attended this important event to listen to the presentations of experts in terms of strength, training and anti-doping education. The Conference began with Dr. Juan José González Badillo's speech about Control of frequency and effect of training. The presentation of Mr Tamas Feher - previously head coach for Great Britain, Norway and El Salvador - was based on the physical preparation of a 15-16-year-old athlete and the planning of training in weightlifting. Afterwards, Lucía Piñeiro introduced the audience to women's training presenting her paper entitled Performance faculties in elite weightlifters during the menstrual cycle.  Marta Soler, Technical Official of the AEPSAD (Spanish Agency for the Protection of Health in Sport), spoke about Anti-doping education. Finally, the National Committee of Judges, chaired by José Manuel Fernández Lois, proposed the changes in the regulations from 2017 to 2018. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

TALAKHADZE triumphed

Setting seven World Records, TALAKHADZE Lasha (GEO) had a triumphant victory in the men’s superheavyweight, earning the World Champion title for the third time. The Georgian giant warmed up on 207kg in the Snatch then set two World Records at 212 and 217kg. He didn’t lower the bar in the Clean and Jerk either, after a 245kg introduction he lifted 252 and 257kg, both World Records. In the Total, he rewrote the Record three times (462, 469, 474). „I think I could go a lot higher in the Clean and Jerk. My maximum was 264kg so far, but this time winning was the most important thing. I’ll train even more and deliver the 264kg lift in the near future.” – TALAKHADZE said surrounded by admirers, taking photographs and signing T-shirt. Well behind, Silver Medallist with 450kg, MINASYAN Gor and Bronze Medallist with 447kg DJANGABAEV Rustam. The Clean and Jerk order was the same as the Total, while another Georgian, TURMANIDZE Irakli was third behind TALAKHADZE and MINASYAN (203kg) in the Snatch, who didn’t lift in the Clean and Jerk because of an injury. This was the last event of the 2018 World Championships in Ashgabat. The IWF flag was ceremonially handed over to the representative of Thailand, where the 2019 IWF World Championships will be

KASHIRINA World Champion for the fifth time

In the superheavyweight, Russian KASHIRINA Tatiana won the Snatch with 145kg, the Clean and Jerk (178,182,185) and the Total (323, 327, 330). She did a new World Record with almost every lift, piling up seven altogether. With that said, the 2016 Olympic Champion, Chinese  MENG Suping kept her on the toes all along. She was behind KASHIRINA with only 1kg in the Snatch and 2kg in the Clean and Jerk. „Everything happened as planned. I didn’t have the World Records on my mind, the only goal was winning the Medals. I respect all my competitors, but I am never afraid or scared to lose to them. Only the results matter.” – said KASHIRINA. One time MENG also set a World Record, 184kg in the Clean and Jerk but it was immediately taken away by the Russian lifter(185kg). More athletes competed for the Bronze Medal, but far behind the winning duo. At the end, KIM Kuk Hyang, second at the 2016 Olympic Games claimed the Snatch Bronze with 130kg and Thai CHAIDEE Duangaksorn the Cleand and Jerk (167kg) and the Total (296kg), who was Junior World Champion in

Champions at the iLiftCLEAN Outreach Booth

Numerous Champions visited the IWF Anti-Doping Outreach organised in the framework of the WADA Legacy Outreach Program at the 2018 World Championships in Ashgabat. The Outreach Program was assisted by the National Anti-Doping Agency of Turkmenistan (NADAT). The iLiftCLEAN Booth was built up in the competition venue close to the Athletes’ entrance until the last competition day. Athletes could come and join, test their knowledge and show their dedication to doping-free sport by lifting the #iLiftCLEAN barbell or signing the Clean Sport Flag made by the Japan Anti-Doping Agency. The Anti-Doping Quiz is available in more than 10 languages. (ENG, FRA, ESP, GER, RUS, CRO, SWE, FIN, JAP, HUN, GRE,

Fourth Gold for the Chinese Women Team

We saw two lifters, AO Hui’s (CHN) and  KIM Un Ju’s (PRK) battle for the first place in the women’s 87kg bodyweight category. AO, Junior and Asian Champion in 2015 won the Snatch with 117kg, a 6kg advantage over 2014 Asian Champion KIM. In the Clean and Jerk, KIM (152kg) could overpower AO with a small difference but in the Total, the Chinese lifter won with 268kg while the PRK athlete couldn't do more than 263kg. Dominican SANTANA PEGUERO Crismery Dominga won the Bronze Medal in the Total with 254kg and the Silver Medal in the Snatch with 116kg. The fourth medallist in the category was VALDES PARIS Maria Fernanda (CHI) who stood on the third place of the podium for her Clean and Jerk performance of 140kg. It is worth to mention Ecuadorian NIEVE ARROYO Oliba Seledina who - being 41 years old - finished seventh in Total and the Clean and Jerk and sixth in the

MARTIROSYAN became World Champion

MARTIROSYAN Simon was Olympic second and European Champion already, and now he is World Champion. In the Snatch, the 21 years old Armenian lifter had to settle for the Silver Medal with 195kg, because YANG Zhe (CHN) lifted 1kg more than him making it to 196kg. Afterward though, MARTIROSYAN dominated the field. In the Clean and Jerk, he went for 230kg and 240kg, both World Records and also set the Total World Record at 425kg and even 435kg. In the Clean and Jerk and in the Total, he won the Gold Medals. „I knew I will have a lot of strong competitors. I just did the same thing I always do, I gave my best.” – said MARTIROSYAN with a smile on his face. YANG landed on the second place with 419kg, while MICHALSKI Arkadiusz, Silver Medallist in the Clean and Jerk (228kg) took the third place of the podium with 403kg. Surprisingly, the Uzbek Olympic Champion NURUDINOV Ruslan bombed out in the Snatch. He however won a Medal in the Clean and Jerk - Bronze one with 227kg. „This is more than I expected tonight. I was unfortunately sick all week. I had temperature and I feel weak.” –  NURUDINOV explained after his