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Women 63kg + Men 69kg = 25 new records

Two exciting and successful competitions were carried out on the 3rd day of the Kazan Universiade: the Men's 69kg and the Women's 63kg. None of the Universiade records in either category remained the same as they were, after Shenzhen 2011. Moreover, the ladies set one record after the other: 19 in all. In the Men's 69kg, JIN Jiangtao (CHN) set a new record in Snatch but bombed in the Clean and Jerk. The fight continued between Iran's BEHROUZI Jaber and the young Azeri GULIYEV Firidun and ended with the latter's splendid victory. GULIYEV even attempted to break a Junior world record in Clean and Jerk - yet unsuccessfully. Among the 63kg women, the two Russian competitors were ahead in the Snatch, setting multiple records, but the Clean and Jerk turned the wheel and finally left a South Korean, KIM Sookyung and a DPR Korean PYON Yong Mi in the final battle for the medals. PYON Yong Mi eventually took the gold medal with her 233kg against KIM's

Another day of records

The second day into the competitions at Kazan 2013 Universiade was just as successful as Day 1. Already the Men's 62kg could not go by without a new Universiade record established by the champion, Farkhad Kharki (KAZ) with 171kg in the Clean and Jerk. Later on, the Women's 58kg competition produced no less than 13 Universiade records: 4 in Snatch, 3 in Clean and Jerk and 6 in Total! These were to thank to three outstanding ladies: Choe hyo Sim (PRK), Iovu Cristina (AZE) and the final winner of the category, the supreme Taiwanese lifter Kuo

Weightlifting kicked off delivering the first Universiade records

The competitions in weightifting started off in Kazan with the women's 48kg and 53kg and the men's 56kg and right away delivered the first records among all sports at this Universiade. In the women's 48kg , defending Universiade champion from Shenzhen, Xia Hongyu (CHN) broke the Snatch Universiade Record with 85kg and then again with 87kg. This happened in the presence of IWF President Dr. Tamás Aján and FISU President Mr. Claude Louis Gallien - the latter to present the first medals in weightlifting. The following competition in the men's 56kg offered no less excitement and level: again a Chinese winner, Xu Jingui set two new Universiade records: 146kg and 149kg in the Clean and Jerk. The women's 53kg celebrated a champion from Japan: Yagi

Kazan Universiade opened with breathtaking Ceremony

KAZAN – (From FISU News) Those present at the Opening Ceremony of the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, will not disagree … it was a breathtakingly awesome opening. The sold-out stadium was overwhelmed with the visual magic the host conjured on the 360° projection screen (2,400 m²) in the middle of the Kazan Arena and carried by four supporting 60m-high arches, weighing each more than 500 tons. (From A.N.M.) Technology was combined with art to produce a marvellous spectacle. Within a tribute to science, astronauts sent their greetings from space to the athletes. A parade of participants from 164 countries (the Russian delegation's flag carried by weightlifter Dmitry Khomyakov!) was followed by the official opening performed - at the request of FISU President Mr. Claude-Louis Gallien - by President of the Russian Federation Mr. Vladimir

27th Summer Universiade Start List published

The Start List for the 27th Summer Universiade Kazan is now published Download it here Modified on 07.07.2013 / Men's 77kg has been revised

Teams already busy training for the Universiade challenge

The participating teams of weightlifters are already busy training for the Universiade challenge at the refurbished Batyr Sports Center in Kazan. 30 platforms and full comfort await the athletes in this complex which is the home of weightlifting in