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Women’s 63kg / Men’s 77kg at the 2013 IWF JWC

Women’s 63kg SHEN Yinyi (CHN) won the Women’s 63kg competition with 100kg achieved in the Snatch, 122kg in the Clean & Jerk and a Total of 222kg. Junior and Youth World Champion in 2012, MOLIE Madalina Bianca (ROU) won the Gold Medal in the Snatch with 103kg. After two missed attempts in the Clean & Jerk, she finally managed to lift 118kg and took the second place both in the Clean & Jerk and in the Total. CHIBISOVA Nadiia (UKR) only 6th place after the Snatch ended the competition with 18kg less than the Gold Medal winner from China. Men’s 77kg In the Men’s 77kg bodyweight category, the final battle opposed the Russian lifter UNANYAN Razmik to the Azerbaijani lifter RAHIMOV Nijat. Both athletes lifted 153kg in the Snatch, and the Clean & Jerk determined the final ranking. With a successful attempt of 192kg, UNANYAN Razmik (RUS) won the Gold Medal in the Total. Gold Medallist in the Snatch, GUO Zhimin (CHN) had 3 missed attempts in the Clean & Jerk and ended with no results in the Total. The Bronze Medal was awarded to KARAPETYAN Andranik (ARM) for his Total of 340kg, same as the Silver Medallist Azerbaijani lifters Total who ended before him due to lighter

Victories by Bodyweight

Women’s 58kg Youth World Champion in 2012, MAXIMOVA Ksenia (RUS) won the Women’s 58kg bodyweight category. REYES Yineisy (DOM), took 1kg advantage in the Snatch and was awarded the Gold, but couldn’t beat the Russian lifter in the Clean & Jerk. Both athletes finished with a Total of 205kg, and final decision came from the lighter bodyweight of MAXIMOVA. The Venezuelan lifter FIGUEROA Yusleidy was 4th place after the Snatch, but defeated the Armenian YAYLYAN Izabella and was awarded the Bronze. Men’s 69kg Bodyweight determined the order in the Snatch and in the Total. Losing the Silver Medal by bodyweight in the Snatch, the Chinese lifter HUANG Wenwen (CHN) couldn’t let victory pass by. Lifting a Total of 316kg – just as MOHAMMED KADHUM Karrar (IRQ) – his lighter bodyweight led him to the Gold Medal. MARQUEZ Ediel (CUB), Silver Medallist in the Snatch finished the competition on 5th place while the European Junior Champion in 2012, GULIYEV Firidun (AZE) lifted 308kg and won the Bronze Medal in the

First Junior World Record broken in Lima

Women’s 53kg Only third place in the Snatch, CHYCHKAN Alena (BLR) - this year’s European Champion in a higher bodyweight category - won the competition by 1kg. Youth World Champion in 2011, LIU Quan (CHN) ended the competition with three Silver Medals and a Total of 198kg. TANASAN Sopita (THA) won the Gold Medal in the Snatch, but earned the third place in the Total after only one last good Clean & Jerk attempt. Men’s 62kg Showing impressive strength, the Azerbaijani lifter HRISTOV Valentin Snezhev was unbeatable. In the Snatch, just as in the Clean & Jerk, he defeated all his opponents. He failed to defeat the Junior World Record of 177kg set by YANG Fan (CHN) in his second attempt of the Clean & Jerk, but he managed to control the weight in the third. Now Junior World Record holder in the Clean & Jerk with 178kg, HRISTOV Valentin Snezhev (AZE) was crowned with 3 times Gold Medals. Second place went to the CHEN Meilong (CHN) with a Total of 295kg while MOSQUERA Luis (COL), Youth World Champion in 2012, ended third with a Total of 280kg, which is 36kg less than the Gold Medallist’s result of

First competition day in Lima

Women’s 48kg was a balanced competition with clearly defined positions. All 3 Gold Medals went to the Chinese lifter GUAN Chunyin participating in her first international competition. She lifted a Total of 182kg which is 10kg more than the Silver Medallist PIRON Beatriz Elizabeth (DOM). The Silver Medallist of the 2012 Asian Junior Championships, SAIKHOM Mirabai Chanu (IND) won the Bronze for a Total of 165kg. Men’s 56kg Second victory of the day for China. In the Men’s 56kg bodyweight category, the 18 year old WEI Xiameng won with a Total of 244kg, only 1kg more than the Silver Medallist SERNA MENDOZA Jhon Jairo from Colombia. The battle for the Bronze Medal was very exciting, as wasn’t certain until the last couple of lifts. SAHIN Muammer (TUR) , Gold Medallist in the Snatch finished only 8th with 126kg in the Clean & Jerk. He managed to grab third place in the Total, however the Clean & Jerk Bronze went to BARNES Darren Lamar (USA) for his only good lift of

2013 IWF Junior World Championships kicked off in Lima, Peru

The 2013 IWF Junior World Championships just kicked off in Lima, Peru here at the Maria Angola Convention Center. At the Opening Ceremony held yesterday at the Magic Water Circuit Emilio Fernandez; Ms. Suzana Cordova, Director of Culture and Sport of the City Hall and Mr. Francisco Boza Dibos, President of the Peruvian Sports Institute gave speeches about the importance to organize such important international competitions in Lima. After the very successful Sport for All Conference, which ran from 24 to 27 April, where 500 leading experts from almost 90 countries shared their best practices on a wide range of activities, the very successful 2007 University World Championships, the 2011 IWF Youth World Championships, now Lima hosts the 2013 IWF Junior World Championships. Mr. Jose Quinones, President of the Peruvian Olympic Committee and President of the Peruvian Weightlifting Federation said: “It is an honor and privilege to receive again the weightlifting family in Lima. We wish to deliver an event to be remembered, and a competition that have all facilities for the athletes to perform at their best." Dr. Tamas Ajan, IWF President officially declared the Championships open. Follow the competition on the Live Scoreboard and LIVE

Successful event hosted by Sarajevo

On 27 April 2013, the Weightlifting Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina organized the 7th International Memorial Tournament „Andrija Malec” in Sarajevo. With the participation of 4 countries (ALB, BIH, SRB, TUR) with 5 teams, this event gives great opportunities for weightlifting promotion and development since each team should include 1 woman, 1 youth man and 1 junior man athlete. Serbia 1 won the Team Competition and the full results can be found here. The great efforts of Nedim Masic, General Secretary of the Weightlifting Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kemal Hoso, President of the Organizing Committee to organize this successful event were highly appreciated by the