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IWF, USA Weightlifting and USADA team to educate athletes globally

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), USA Weightlifting (USAW) and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) are combining resources to provide anti-doping education to weightlifting athletes around the globe.  A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the three entities to launch a new Learning Management System in time for compulsory use at the 2018 IWF World Championships, to be held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, November 1-10. “The IWF’s complete commitment to clean competition means we continue to seek new and even more effective ways of carrying out every aspect of anti-doping work: from testing to whereabouts, from the mandatory registration of athlete support personnel to education,” said IWF President Tamas Ajan. “I am very happy that the IWF has been able to make this new agreement with USA Weightlifting and with USADA. It will help us take a big step forward together in developing and maintaining a culture of clean sport throughout weightlifting.” USADA will provide its world-leading educational tutorials specific to weightlifting as the basis for the courses which are required in order to participate at the World Championships. “Requiring anti-doping education to global athletes helps move the sport forward,” said Travis T. Tygart, CEO of USADA. “We firmly believe in a comprehensive approach to anti-doping that effectively combines education, prevention and detection. After working with the IWF to deliver a successful anti-doping programme at the 2017 IWF World Championships, we are confident that effective education will contribute to a cleaner sport globally.” USA Weightlifting will coordinate production of the new online education platform, leveraging its experience of implementing policies that require athletes to complete anti-doping training prior to competing at national events. “The world of weightlifting is a big family,” said USAW CEO Phil Andrews. “We may compete fiercely with others on the world stage, but at the same time we firmly believe in working together so that the whole family does well. We’re grateful for the confidence the IWF has shown us in helping to prepare the new online education system. And we’re confident our colleagues around the world will find the new education tools a great and practical benefit.” — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

Iranian Davoudi won the superheavyweight

2016 Youth World Champion DAVOUDI Ali (IRI) had no challenger for the Junior World Champion title in the Men’s +105kg bodyweight category. He came out at 181kg, 187kg and 192kg all good lifts, finishing with an amazing 15kg advantage over LALAYAN Varazdat (ARM), Silver Medallist at the 2016 European Youth Championships. It proved to be impossible to get close to DAVOUDI in the Snatch. Bronze Medallist BUTT Muhammad Nooh Dastgir (PAK) made it to 171kg. DAVOUDI had two good lifts in the Clean and Jerk at 221kg and 227kg lift, but his third attempt at 235kg proved to be too much for him. He still won the Gold Medal in the Total with 419kg, 20kg ahead of LAYALAN. Third in the Clean and Jerk with 222kg, LAYALAN had a Total of 399kg just like BUTT. BUTT Muhammad Nooh Dastgir (PAK), who took the Bronze Medal from this year’s Commonwealth Games managed to take the lead in the Clean and Jerk with a 228kg lift, won the Bronze Medal in the

Undefeatable Korean success in the W+90kg

The last competition for Women here in Tashkent was the Women’s +90kg bodyweight was dominated without any potential opponent by LEE Seon Mi (KOR) 2018 Asian Junior Champion. After three good lifts in the Snatch – where she got a 7kg advantage – she came out for three good lifts in the Clean and Jerk and lifted once again 10kg more than the Silver Medallist. With her Total of 274kg, she was the absolute winner showing impressive technique and strength. AYOVI CABEZAS Lisseth Betzaida (ECU), Bronze Medallist at the 2017 IWF Junior World Champion and 6th at the World Championships also came out for three good lifts in the Snatch. She finished second followed by BENITEZ RIVERA Ashamarie (USA) – third place with 104kg. After a 4th place in the Snatch, AMOE-TARRANT Charisma Precious (NRU) came up second in the Clean and Jerk with 142kg. Her Total of 245kg was just 1kg higher than the one of BENITEZ RIVERA allowing her to take third place. Third place in the Clean and Jerk AYOVI CABEZAS with two good lifts got the Silver in the Total with 256kg. This concludes the Women’s competition at the 2018 IWF Junior World Championships, Tashkent,

Successful Anti-Doping Seminar and Education Booth in Tashkent

The IWF held its third Education Seminar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in conjunction with the Junior World Championships. The lecturer, Dr Lilla Sagi, IWF Junior Legal Counsel presented the 8 rules to prevent doping in weightlifting. At this second Anti-Doping Seminar 30 people from several countries (athletes, coaches, team leaders) attended. As previously, the seminar was built up to gain knowledge in a funny, playful an interactive way. Participants could answer to questions and at the end all were awarded with gifts. Until the end of the Championship a Booth was set up in the competition venue where everybody could try weightlifting, ask questions related to anti-doping and fill out a quiz within the framework of the #iliftclean campaign. For the presentation materials IWF wishes to thank JADA and ASADA for their

CHKHEIDZE made it Gold

Georgian CHKHEIDZE Irakli was the only one ending the Snatch with three good lifts, the third one being 171kg. With that last one, he took the leading position, with a 4kg advantage over DJURAEV Akbar (UZB) 2018 Asian Junior Champion. DJURAEV had only one good lift at 167kg before giving 172kg a try. He missed twice on the weight, but still ended second. Bronze Medallist at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship AZIZI Amir (IRI) finished third with 162kg. In the Clean and Jerk, after the first set of lifts, coaches kept raising the bar. That tactical fight resulted in a couple of missed attempts for some. CHKHEIDZE, once again, had three good lifts and finished the competition with an impressive 211kg Clean and Jerk. With his Total of 382kg, he defeated DJURAEV lifting 13kg less. He won three Silver Medals following a successful 202kg Clean and Jerk and ending with a Total of 369kg. ABDELAZIZ Mohamed Abdelrahman Mohamed (EGY), has registered a Total of 360kg for his first IWF event. Followinf a 4th place in the Snatch with 160kg, He made it to 200kg in the Clean and Jerk. He won the Bronze Medal in the Total with

The Gold stays in Tashkent

The Uzbek lifter, DAVRONOVA won the Junior World Champion title in the 90kg bodyweight category, after ranking 5th in the Snatch here in Tashkent. RIOTTO Juliana Rose (USA), who have recorded two IWF registered competitions so far, finishing at the 8th place on the occasion of the 2017 Junior Worlds took the lead in the Snatch with three good lifts – 94kg, 97kg, 99kg. Second at the 2018 European Championships and 2017 Youth World Championships FISCHER Sarah (AUT) came out at 96kg and moved up to 98kg. Both of them being good lifts, she came out to give 100kg a try but the weight proved to be too much this time. Ending with the same Snatch result as BOYNUEGRI Tugce (TUR), as FISCHER lifted first the 98kg weight, she got the Silver Medal leaving the Bronze to the Turkish lifter. There was a close competition between three athletes, DAVRONOVA Dolera (UZB) 2018 Asian Youth Champion, RIOTTO and FISCHER in the Clean and Jerk. Ranking 5th in the Snatch, DAVRONOVA showed impressive strength is the Clean and Jerk. She had the highest starting weight – 123kg – then with a successful 128kg attempt, and a Total of 225kg she got the Gold Medal in both. RIOTTO missed her first attempt at 120kg, but immediately corrected it with her second. Her last Clean and Jerk at 125kg have her a Bronze as well as a Silver Medal for her Total of 224kg. FISCHER attempted to lift more than the Uzbek DAVRONOVA, but her third attempt was considered a no lift by the jury. She ended with the same Total as RIOTTO – 224kg – and a Bronze Medal while this time, RIOTTO completed the winning lift first. Austria got its first medal in the history of Junior World