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LOPEZ LOPEZ Yeison got no challenger

M77kg LOPEZ LOPEZ Yeison (COL) was the only athlete winning three medals at this competition and all of them Gold. Several times Youth and Junior World Champion, his results are constantly improving. With his Total of 356kg, he registered his best result ever achieved at an IWF sanctioned event. With impressive lifts – all of them good – he lifted 18kg more than the Silver Medallist ending with a result of 338kg. Ranking 5th in the Snatch, KHUDAYBERGANOV Shakhzod (UZB) came up in the Clean and Jerk and even made a high jump between his second and third attempts going from 186kg to 193kg but the weight was way to heavy to make it a good lift. However, he still kept his second position in both in the Clean and Jerk and in the Total. Reaching 338kg, he was followed by IARKIN Viacheslav (RUS). IARKIN won with two 4th place and got on the podium lifting only 1kg more than SUHAREVS Ritvars (LAT). The Latvian lifter won a Bronze in the Snatch while in the Clean and Jerk 3rd place was KIM Sungmin from

China dominating W63kg

ZHOU Xiaojing (CHN) missed her second attempt at 105kg and it seemed that HUANG Ting (CHN) can win the Snatch Gold, but raising the bar to 106kg she won over her Chinese compatriot. Interesting to note that except for ZHOU and HUANG, all the athletes in the Women’s 63kg missed their third attempt. The Clean and Jerk competition was more then tense as ZHOU and HUANG kept fighting for the Gold. Both athletes showed huge superiority over the other athletes competing. ZHOU Xiaojing missed her last attempt at 134kg so it was all or nothing for HUANG who had to make her third attempt a good lift. With 6 successful attempts, HUANG Ting, 2015 Youth World Champion and 2016 Asian Junior Champion won the Gold for her Total of 239kg. All three Bronze Medals went to different athletes! The Snatch was awarded to LLAMOSA MOSQUERA Nathalia (COL) while DURAN AYON Ana Lilia (MEX) took the one in the Clean and Jerk. As for the Total, HULPAN Florina-Sorina (ROU) 4th place in the Snatch and 5th in the Gold got it with

KOHA Rebeka (LAT) and CUMMINGS JR Clarence (USA) are Gold

W58kg – KOHA Rebeka won the Gold within Women for Latvia Impressive competition with tension until the end as KOHA Rebeka (LAT) European Junior and Youth Champion and 4th place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games took her 6 good lifts. Changing bodyweight category after the Olympics, she is now reaching to the top in the Women’s 58kg. With two Silver Medals in the Snatch (99kg) and the Clean and Jerk (120kg), she stood on the highest place of the podium to be handed over the Gold for her Total of 219kg. She won the first ever Gold within Women for Latvia. Ending 1kg ahead of KOHA in the Snatch, YANG Chunyan (CHN) missed only one lift – a Clean and Jerk at 120kg – maybe the most important one. With 218kg, she took Silver in the Total with 218kg. Youth Olympic Champion in 2014 and Silver Medallist at the 2016 IWF Junior World Championships, PAKKARATHA Rattanaphon’s (THA) last lift in the Clean and Jerk (121kg) ensured her a Gold, and a Bronze for her Total of 213kg. M69kg – CUMMINGS JR Clarence (USA) defended his title  Three missed lifts in the Snatch for LIU Weijian (CHN) opened the competition to the other athletes competing in the Men’s 69kg bodyweight category. The Japanese public gave a real boost to MIYAMOTO Masanori (JPN) who secured a Gold in the Snatch with 147kg. He was followed by ZANNI Mirko (ITA) at 140kg and MOSQUERA LOZANO Jose David (COL) only 1kg behind. Missing his third attempt at 141kg, CUMMINGS JR Clarence (USA) came up 4th. The Clean and Jerk changed the order a bit and it was time for CUMMINGS JR Clarence (USA) to shine. After a first successful lift at 173kg, he waited to take his second one. Setting a Japanese National Record, MIYAMOTO Masanori (JPN) was the only one still in the game to keep it up with CUMMINGS. With two good lifts (168kg and 173kg), the Japanese athlete only missed his last attempt at 178kg. CUMMING came out with 183kg and a good lift to take 186kg as his last attempt. He already secured the Gold Medal in both Clean and Jerk and Total, however he gave two of the existing Youth World Records a try. He couldn’t break his own Clean and Jerk Youth World Record of 185kg or the Total Youth World Record of 322kg set by Shagir Taner (TUR), but he gave the public an incredible

IWF Education Seminar in Japan

In the framework of the IWF Development Program, the IWF held an Education Seminar in Tokyo, JPN. The seminar was tailored to the young athletes and their coaches participating at the 2017 IWF Junior World Championships. Such lectures are implemented on the occasion of all our events with the participation of athletes and teams present. This enables the attendees to gain additional knowledge in the field of Anti-Doping, weightlifting values and teaches young lifters the importance of the relation to be established with the media representatives. An interactive question/answer session took place after every lecture. Lectures Dr. Kyle Pierce, IWF Coaching and Research Committee Member Sport Ethical issues and the Olympism Lilla Rozgonyi, IWF Communication and Marketing Director Media training, journalist relations, social media and athletes’ profiles Dr. Patrick Schamasch, IWF Anti-Doping Commission Chairman Fair Play, roles and responsibilities of the athletes and entourage, Consequences of doping Dr. Eva Nyirfa, IWF Legal Counsel IWF Anti-Doping Rules with special regard to the changes introduced by the New IWF Anti-Doping Policy Dr. Dominik Doerr, IWF Therapeutic Use Exemptions Committee Member Therapeutic Use

IWF-JADA Anti-Doping Outreach 17-18 June at the IWF Junior World Championships

On 17-18 June the Japan Anti-Doping Agency and IWF greet the Athletes and the Officials of the participating countries of the 2017 IWF JWC together at their Anti-Doping Outreach. Those wishing to either deepen or test their knowledge of Anti-Doping are equally welcome. The IWF AD quiz is available at the booth in five languages including Japanese and several leaflets of valuable and unique content created by JADA are being offered to the booth's visitors. Curiosity and knowledge are rewarded alike with small souvenirs! Let's lift Clean! and Jerk and Play True together in

Chinese World Champions crowned in W53kg and M62kg

W53kg Ending the Snatch with 88kg, ZHU Qiaoling (CHN) came out at 105kg for her first attempt in the Clean and Jerk. Securing the victory with this first lift, she came out to give 109kg a try – successful. She missed her third lift at 111kg but won the Gold easily. Surprisingly, HANHUR Mariia (UKR) reached a 3rd and 4th place and that result (188kg) was still enough for a Silver Medal in the Total while 4th and 3rd place PANKOVA Liudmila (BLR) won the Bronze medal with 186kg. Earning Silver in the Snatch but ending 7th in the Clean and Jerk, NOVITSKAIA Kristina (RUS) missed the podium by 1kg and ended 4th. After an unfortunate start and no three missed attempts in the Snatch (85kg-85kg-87kg), LANDOULSI Nouha’s (TUN) starting weight in the Clean and Jerk also seemed too high. Missing once at 105kg, her second attempt was a good one and earned her a silver. M62kg It was an easy win for LIN Zhixiang (CHN) – having no challenger in the Men’s 62kg. With 130kg-160kg-290kg, he came out only once in the Clean and Jerk and won all Gold Medals available. After a third place in the Snatch, his fellow countryman WEI Chengzuo (CHN) started to high in the Clean and Jerk and missed to lift 159kg three times not being able to secure a Total. This brought the Clean and Jerk Bronze Medal to MAU Jon Luke (GER). With three good lifts and a last one at 154kg, he only ended 1kg behind Silver Medallist HIGUITA BARRERA Luis Fernando (COL). Third place in the Total went to KUVANC Cumali (TUR) also missing two attempts in the Clean and Jerk – one at 148kg and the other at