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2014 IWF Junior World Championships Kazan overall

The 2014 IWF Junior World Championships Kazan, Russia ended with great medal distribution: 12 countries won Gold Medals while 22 countries from 4 continents won Medals at the competition. Altogether 109 Women from 30 countries participated while for Men it was 135 lifters from 40 countries. According to the Team classification, the first 6 best performing Men and Women Team stood up on stage during the Closing Ceremony to receive a special award. Women Team Classification: RUS, ECU, CHN, COL, UKR, MEX. Men Team Classification: RUS, POL, COL, ECU, JPN, MEX. The one and only World Record at the 2014 IWF Junior World Championships was set by the Vietnamese lifter THACH Kim Tuan in the Men’s 56kg bodyweight category. He broke the Junior World Records in Snatch as well as in Total. The IWF Media Trophy of “Best Lifter” within Men went to THACH Kim Tuan (VIE) while the “Best Women” Trophy was awarded to AKHMETOVA Diana (RUS). We were delighted to witness great fights and happy surprises as well as unfortunate defeats. On behalf of the IWF we are thankful to the Russian Organizing Committee and to Mr. Sergey Syrtsov, President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation and for providing successful Championships. For more details please consult the RESULT BOOK and check out the Photo

NOCs participating at the 2014 Nanjing YOG

The list of NOCs participating at the 2014 Nanjing YOG has been finalized. The qualification events concluded on 31 May 2014 with the Oceania competition. Universality places were previously allocated to the eligible NOCs and the process concluded with the reallocations strictly in line with the IOC approved Qualification Regulation. Altogether 64 NOCs from all 5 continents will participate with 110 athletes. The List can be found

Chile Weightlifting Federation Elections

Chile Weightlifting Federation Elections held its elections on June 28 2014, where the following people were elected to the executive board and commissions, for a period of 4 years: Executive Board President: Italo Barattini Vice President: Esteban Villa-Lobos General Secretary: Roberto Meza Treasurer: Juan Carlos Aburto Director: Rodolfo Murillo Ethics Commission Members Claus Westphal Rodrigo Aldana Juan Mella Auditors Commission Members Cristian Harthey Miguel Dimier Víctor Délano Congratulations to all elected

Weightlifting Family mourns the death of OUERTANI Marouan

The International Weightlifting Federation and the Tunisian Weightlifting Federation mourns the death of 19 year old OUERTANI Marouan who tragically passed away yesterday in Tunisia. Promising young and talented athlete, OUERTANI competed in the 62kg bodyweight category. 2014 African Junior Champion, he won 3 Bronze Medals at the 2014 IWF Junior World Championships Kazan, RUS on 23 June. His death is a tragedy for all participants. Weightlifting Family lost an outstanding athlete. Our sympathy and condolences goes to OUERTANI Marouen’s Family and to the Tunisian Weightlifting

2014 IWF JWC ended with the Superheavyweight

Men’s 105kg The 17 years old KUROUSKI Rychard’s (BLR) lifted 177kg and won the Gold in the Snatch. With 7kg less than the Polish lifter in the Clean & Jerk he got only Silver, but still managed to make it to the highest sstage of the podium with a Total of 378kg. After a strong start – Silver with 173kg in the Snatch – the Ukrainian lifter KUBYSHKOVSKYI Leonid only made it to the 6th place with 200kg in the Clean & Jerk. Achieving this lower ranking because of bodyweight, he lost the second place in Total for the same reason. SAMORAJ Jaroslaw Pawel (POL) only 5th in the Snatch with 12kg less than the Gold Medallist made an impressive “home run” and lifted 208kg in the Clean & Jerk after missing his attempt on 205kg. He took the Silver for the Total from KUBYSHKOVSKYI ending with exactly the same result of 373kg. 4th in the Snatch, KUPTSOV Georgii (RUS) made it to the third place of the podium by luck because of bodyweight in the Clean & Jerk lifting 200kg – just like 3 other lifters heavier than him. BIDANI Walid won the first Medal – a Bronze – of the competition for Algeria in the Snatch with 170kg. Quote from KUROUSKI Rychard’s (BLR): “I came here for the Gold.” Men’s +105kg The Superheavyweight was the competition of SAVCHUK and HWANG. Both lifters started competition for the Gold in the Snatch after all competitors were done. HWANG Wooman (KOR) took 1kg advantage over the Russian SAVCHUK Antoniy missing his second Snatch at 180kg and third at 181kg. Easy in the Clean & Jerk SAVCHUK with three good lifts won it all with the 395kg weight – being the most lifted here at the 2014 IWF Junior World Championships Kazan, RUS. Silver Medal was awarded to HWANG Wooman (KOR) with a Total of 12kg less - 383kg. From the 6th place in the Snatch, the Egyptian lifter GABER Ahmed Mohamed Abdelhamed M. made it to the third place. Winning a Bronze Medal in the Clean & Jerk, he was awarded a second one for his Total of 362kg. Bronze Medallist in the Snatch, LOZINSKI Bartosz (POL) lifting 191kg in the Clean & Jerk couldn’t make it in the

Last Women’s competition with the +75kg

Women’s ended their competition at the 2014 IWF Junior World Championships Kazan, RUS with the +75kg bodyweight category. After a strong start and a Gold in the Snatch, KOBELEVA Larisa (RUS) came only 4th in the Clean & Jerk. With her Total of 245kg, she however stood on the first place of the podium. With two Silver Medals and a Gold in the Clean & Jerk, ABBAS Halima Abdelazim Sedky (EGY) needed only 2kg to grab the victory in the Total. 6th place after the Snatch, the Tunisian lifter DHIEB Yosra came up second in the Clean & Jerk and won the Bronze Medal in the Total by bodyweight over the Ecuadorian lifter with 235kg. Bronze Medal in the Snatch was awarded to CHUNG Yun-Ling (TPE) winning the first medal in the Women’s category for Chinese Taipei, while Clean & Jerk Bronze Medallist was the other Egyptian lifter in the bodyweight category SALAMA