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Deadline Reminder – 2014 IWF World Championships Almaty

The deadline for the Preliminary Entry Forms for the 2014 IWF World Championships Almaty expires on 1 September. We invite all National Federations to send their Preliminary Entry Forms to the Kazakh Weightlifting Federation ([email protected]) and to the IWF ([email protected]). For your attention, the deadline of Final Entries has been extended to 13 October

Be a Rio 2016 Volunteer

The Rio 2016 Organizing Committee opened its Volunteer Program today. The Rio 2016 Volunteer Program is your opportunity to take part in the world’s biggest sporting event, helping with many of the activities that will be carried out in Rio de Janeiro and cities hosting football matches. Volunteering will also benefit you by enriching your CV, expanding your network, and giving you the chance to meet people from different cultures. You will also be able to enjoy exclusive training courses that will be provided for selected candidates. Do not miss out on this great opportunity to participate and make the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games part of your own life’s history. Check out the Rio 2016 Volunteer Program portal here: http://www.rio2016.com/en/get-involved/volunteers People who wants to volunteer specifically for Weightlifting, got to send an email to Pedro Meloni, Weightlifting Sport Manager ([email protected]) with a short resume. Applications will be open until 15 November 2014. Good Luck to

Successful second edition of the YOG in Nanjing

At the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, 61 NOCs were represented with 107 athletes with both Men and Women weightlifters. Youth World Records were broken in the Men’s 56kg and +85kg recognized in the +94kg. With 155kg in the Clean and Jerk and a Total of 283kg, the Chinese lifter MENG Cheng (CHN) broke 2 Youth World Records while with a Clean and Jerk on 221kg, the Armenian lifter MARTIROSYAN Simon (ARM) broke 1. According to the Medal count, 8 National Olympic Committees won Gold from 3 Continents. Armenia, China and Thailand won two each. Medals were shared by 21 National Olympic Committees from 4 Continents. Russia won the most Medals (4). Dignitaries such as the IOC President Thomas Bach, IOC Honorary President Jacques Rogge came to watch weightlifting at the Expo Center – venue of our competitions in Nanjing. FARRIS Kendrick (USA) weightlifting Athlete Role Model of the 2014 YOG shared his experience and knowledge with young athletes appreciating the opportunity of talking to an Olympian that was given to them. Weightlifting competitions were organized on an extremely high level. Saying farewell to Nanjing, we are now wishing good luck to the next city hosting the 2018 YOG: Buenos

We say goodbye to Nanjing with an Armenian Gold

Men’s +85kg competition closed the weightlifting event here in Nanjing at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Emotional athletes and spectators said goodbye to the Expo Center and to NanjingLele engaging the crowd during all event. Starting the Clean and Jerk on 170kg, above all challengers, MARTIROSYAN Simon (ARM) took the lead and won with ease. He even lifted a fantastic 221kg which will be recognized as a Youth World Record in the +94kg. Serbian lifter KAJDOCI Tamas (SRB) got an 8kg advantage in the Snatch and that was enough for him to grab the Silver Medal. First medal for France after only one no lift in the Clean and Jerk, COULLET Anthony (FRA) proudly stood on the third place while the French Rugby Seven team was watching in the crowd. We enjoyed every minute of these Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games and thank the organizers for the incredible work

All about strength and technique

Thailand’s CHAIDEE Duanganksorn (THA) lifted a Total of 244kg and won the Gold Medal in the last Women’s category of the competition. The battle for the second place was to be decided between the Russian lifter SHCHERBAKOVA Svetlana (RUS) and the Kazakh KAPUSTINA Tatyana (KAZ). Both lifters ended on 228kg and the Silver medal was awarded to SHCHERBAKOVA on bodyweight. Lifting 2kg more in the Snatch and 2kg less in the Clean and Jerk, KAPUSTINA got the Bronze. In the Men’s 85kg bodyweight category KHUGAEV Khetag (RUS) got the Gold for Russia. Dominating the field and lifting 34kg more than Silver Medallist SOBIROV Farkhodbek (UZB), he showed his supremacy on stage. The Bronze Medal was awarded to the Egyptian lifter SHOSHA Mohamed (EGY) for his Total of

Egypt and Armenia to shine

In the Snatch, the Egyptian lifter AHMED Sara (EGY) was the only one to go above 100kg and ended on first place with 103kg in the women’s 63kg bodyweight category. Keeping her strength in the Clean and Jerk, she even went for the Youth World Record at 129kg but failed to jerk it. She won the Gold with an advantage of 18kg over the Silver Medallist DURAN AYON Ana Lilia (MEX) performing 6 good lifts. Third place was awarded to Ukraine with ZENCHENKO Sofiya (UKR) lifting 208kg. Every lift counted and could change the final order on top. The fight for the Gold took place this time between 4 countries: Kazakhstan, Armenia, India and Egypt. Tactical moves from coaches played an important role in defining the ranking. Smooth progress proved to be successful this time. With India’s last lift on 179kg, the stake was: Silver or Gold? It proved that the Armenian lifter’s MKRTCHYAN Hakob (ARM) last Clean and Jerk attempt on 177kg was the last Good Lift of the competition and he stood up on first place. Second place went to RAGALA VENKAT Rahul (IND) for his Total of 316kg. Third place was also a hard competition between ELSAYED Ahmed (EGY) and KALIYEV Zhaslan (KAZ) from which the Kazakh athlete came out