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Russian flags to rise

Women’s 69kg MAXIMOVA Xenia (RUS) weighed-in with 63.40kg and slightly made it to the 69kg bodyweight category. It was part of the strategy of the Russian team not to make her compete against her compatriot in the lower 63kg bodyweight. MAXIMOVA won her first international medal in the 48kg bodyweight category at the 2009 Youth European Champion before moving up to the 58kg where she won the 2012 Youth World Championships and 2013 Junior World Championships. With a Total of 234kg Total being her Personal Best, she won the Gold Medal in Snatch and in the Total. ZHANG Li (CHN) 4th place in the Snatch came back to the second place in the Clean & Jerk Gold lifting 1kg more than the Russian lifter. She stood up on the second place of the Podium in the Total with 228kg. All 3 Bronze Medals were awarded to SARGSYAN Ani (ARM). Men’s 85 Men’s Snatch The 2013 IWF World Championships Wroclaw Bronze Medallist OKULOV started his 1st attempt in the Snatch at 158kg after everybody finished the competition. Ending on 165kg, he won the Gold with an 8kg advantage over the Silver Medallist BULAT Iurie (MDA). Bronze Medal winner HASSAN Ammar Hassan Mabrouk (EGY) had his elbow injured and couldn’t come out for the Clean & Jerk. The Clean & Jerk competition ended with Russian victory. With 6 Good Lifts, an impressive confidence, technique and strength, OKULOV took the first place of the Podium and the 3 Gold Medals. The Chinese lifter ZHAO Yongchao lifted 20kg less than the Gold Medallist in the Snatch and ended 7th. More confident in the Clean & Jerk, he almost catch the Russian leader. With 1kg less, he won the Silver, and came up second in the Total with 341kg winning 5 places. After a 4th place in the Snatch, the Italian lifter PIZZOLATO Antonino almost got 190kg in the Clean & Jerk, but the jury considered the lift as no lift. Nevertheless, with 185kg and his Total of 334kg, he grabbed 2 Bronze

First Russian Gold

Women’s 63kg The 1st Russian Gold (all 3) of the competition was awarded to AKHMETOVA Diana (RUS) for her 6 good lifts. 2010 Youth Olympic Games Silver Medallist, 2011 Youth World Champion and 2012 Junior World Champion with 237kg, she lifted today 1kg less still winning it all. Silver Medal was awarded to KIM Hyo Sim (PRK) 2014 Junior Asian Champion. 2014 European World Championships 4th place MOLIE Madalina Bianca (ROU) ended with a Total of 227kg, a Bronze in the Snatch, Silver in the Clean & Jerk and a second Bronze in the Total. Bronze MOLIE Madalina Bianca (ROU) 2014 European 4, Silver 2013 Junior World Championships Quotes from AKHMETOVA Diana (RUS): I’ll now have 1 week to rest before starting training. I hope I’ll be there at the 2014 IWF World Championships in Almaty. Men’s 77kg The Chines lifter SU Ying (CHN) earned the Gold Medal in the Snatch with 158kg, and in the Total with an impressive advantage of 9kg over the Silver Medallist. With 191kg, MOHAMED Maged (EGY) managed to grab the victory in the Clean & Jerk, but the 1kg advantage over SU was only enough for the second place in the Total. MOHAMED tried to break the World Record, but couldn’t manage to control the weight. Third place was awarded to ASHYROV Dayanch (TKM) after a 4th place in the Snatch with 143kg and also 4th in the Clean & Jerk with 169kg. Quotes from SU Ying (CHN): “My personal best is 165kg in the Snatch and 190kg in the Clean & Jerk. I know I can do better, but I am happy for my

Meeting regarding Masters Weightlifting

The IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan, Vice President and Technical Committee Chairman Sam Coffa, Executive Board Member and Medical Committee Chairman Mike Irani, Coaching and Research Committee Member Kyle Pierce, Director General Attila Adamfi, Legal Counsel Dr. Magdolna Trombitas, Communication and Marketing Manager Lilla Rozgonyi held discussion about the future of Weightlifting and especially Masters with Masters Chairman Jan Hinrichsen and Lawrie Townsend Vice-Chair person. Youth, Junior, Senior and Masters are all important part of the weightlifting family. Topics such as Rules and Regulations were studied carefully taking into account the actual situation of the Masters weightlifting. Occasionally Masters don’t incorporate the actual rules and regulations of the IWF therefor better coordination will be established and the IWF management will deal with the challenges faced by the Masters. Following a meeting in October, a full report will be presented to the Executive Board and the Congress in Almaty,

Junior Weightlifters celebrated the Olympic Day

Junior athletes competing at the 2014 IWF Junior World Championships with IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF General Secretary Ma Wenguang and 3 times Olympic Champion Pyrros Dimas on

Gold for Thailand and Tunisia

Women’s 58kg Approaching to 100kg, SRISURAT Sukanya (THA) ended the Snatch with a Gold Medal. Victory was however awarded to the Colombian lifter ALVAREZ CAICEDO Yenny Fernanda in the Clean & Jerk because of lighter bodyweight. Both lifted 119kg. Bronze Medallist in the Snatch, ALVAREZ managed to take the second place of the podium in the Total with 213kg. Starting with a Silver Medal in the Snatch, RIM Un Sim (PRK) was awarded 5th place in the Clean & Jerk. Her advantage in the Snatch was enough for the Bronze Medal in the Total. Quotes from SRISURAT Sukanya (THA): I wasn’t expecting to win; the result I achieved is my personal best. My idol is SIRIKAEW Pimsiri (THA), Silver Medallist at the London 2012 Olympic Games lifting in the same bodyweight category. I hope one day I will achieve such results. Men’s 69kg The Chinese lifter YUAN Chengfei took the lead in the Snatch, but lifted only 1kg more than the Tunisian lifter BEN HNIA Karem (TUN) – 146kg for one and 145kg for the other. Third place in the Snatch went to PETROV Sergey, winning the first Russian medal of the competition. In the Clean & Jerk, BEN HNIA won the Gold with 173kg but only by bodyweight over the Kazakh lifter LINDER Albert. This victory brought Tunisia the Gold Medal with a great result of 318kg Total for BEN HNIA. Starting on 171kg in the Clean & Jerk, YUAN Chengfei (CHN) only managed to control the weight at his third attempt winning the Silver Medal in the Total with 317kg. The Kazakh lifter LINDER Albert stood up on the third place of the podium with

Clean victories on the second competition day

In the Women’s 53kg, the Chinese lifter WU Lingqian took the lead with 12kg more than the Silver Medallist TANASAN Sopita (THA) ending with a Total of 195kg. ANGGRAINI Syarah (INA) was awarded three Bronze. After third place at the Asian Junior Championships in 2011, a second place in 2013, the 18 years old WU finally got the so coveted Gold here in Kazan. Silver Medallist at the 2013 IWF World Championships in Wroclaw, TANASAN had only one successful Snatch and couldn’t defeat the Chinese lifter. The final fight for the Gold Medal in the Men’s 62kg bodyweight category was between MO Yongxiang (CHN) and MOSQUERA LOZANO Luis Javier (COL). Both got 3 good attempts in the Snatch and the Colombian lifter had only 1kg advantage over MO. Bronze Medal went to OUERTANI Marouan (TUN) with 121kg, 16kg behind the leader. MO’s starting weight in the Clean & Jerk was 160kg which seemed to be a tough one while he missed his attempts twice controlling the weight only at his third attempt. With six successful lifts and an impressive strength and technique, MOSQUERA LOZANO Luis Javier won it all and grab the 3 Gold Medals of the competition. After a Bronze in the Snatch, the 2014 Junior African Champion OUERTANI Marouan (TUN) also won the Bronze in the Clean & Jerk and the