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The last competition days in Dongguan

Olympic Gold Medalist in Beijing, Lu Yong (CHN) won first place in the Men's 85kg bodyweight category at the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou, China with a total of 376kg. Second place went to the Uzbekistanian lifter Mansurbek Chashemov followed by Kim Kwang Hoon (KOR) who ended up third.   In Women’s 69kg, the Olympic Champion Liu Chunhong (CHN) won the gold convincingly by taking the lead both in Snatch and Clean & Jerk. The silver medalist Darmariani Sinta (INA) performed 4kg less (238kg) than her challenger while the bronze went to Wang Ya Jhen (TPE) who managed to lift a Total of 233kg.   Ilya Ilyin (KAZ), Olympic Gold Medalist in 2008 won the gold medal in Men's 94kg right before Ebrahimi Farbod Kamachali Ashgar (IRI), and Kim Min Jae (KOR).   In Women’s 75kg, Podobedova Svetlana (KAZ) showed her supremacy without being contested and won the gold with a huge margin of 22kg. The Kazakh lifter gifted her team the third weightlifting gold medal at the 16th Asian Games. Second place went to Cao Lei (CHN), Beijing Olympic Champion while Khromova Tatyana (KAZ) settled for the bronze with a Total of 250kg.   During the last day of competition, three A group categories were held in Dongguan Gymnasium.   In Men’s 105kg, the 19 year old Yang Zhe (CHN) stole the limelight by gifting China their first gold medal in this bodyweight category in 12 years! Silver medalist Efremov Ivan lifted a Total of 400kg and ended up the competition right ahead Istomin Sergei (KAZ).   Within Women’s +75kg, where the Korean Olympic Gold Medalist lifter, Jang Mi Ran won the so coveted first place! Second place went to Meng Suping (CHN), silver medalist of the 2010 Antalya World Championships while third place was awarded to the Kazakh Grabovetskaya Mariya. The last competition of the 16th Asian Games was Men’s SuperHeavy, where the Champion of the 2010 Antalya World Championships Salimikordasiabi Behdad (IRI) managed to keep his leading position until the end. Jeon Sangguen (KOR) got silver and Anoushiravani Sajjad got bronze

2010 European Junior and Under 23 Weightlifting Championships, Cyprus

The city of Limassol, on the south coast of Cyprus, will host the 2010 European Junior & Under 23 Weightlifting Championships, to be held from the 19th until 28th of November. The official time schedule will be announced after the verification of Final Entries during the Technical Meeting on 20 November 2010. According to the provisory time schedule, competitions will start on November 22nd and end on the 27th. For further details, updated information and competition results please refer to the official Website of the event: http://www.weightlifting.org.cy/events/2010/EuroJuniors/ Please note, that the „Polska Sztanga” and the EWF will broadcast live results transmission from the competition held in Limassol by the following link:

In pursuit of Gold at the Asian Games

In Men’a 77kg Pang Kum Chol (PRK) showed without being contested his dominating position and won the gold medal with a substantial lead of 38kg over the bronze medalist lifter from Kazakhstan Shauyeteyev Dauren. Second place went to Pavlov Kirill (KAZ) with a Total of 325kg still 23kg less than Pang Kum Chol (348kg).   In Women’s 63kg, the Champion of the 2010 Antalya World Championships Maneza Maiya (KAZ) ranked first with a Total of 241kg. Kim Soo Kyung (KOR) ranked second right before the Chinese lifter Chen Aichan who managed to keep the third place.

Deadline reminder for the IWF Intercontinental Clubs Grand Prix

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) organizes an IWF Grand Prix that is an individual qualification competition to be held in Penang, Malaysia from 11 to 16 December 2010. The deadline for all Clubs and Federations to send their Final Entry Forms is Saturday November 20. We await every athlete willing to participate to fill in the required forms, and send the documents to the Organizing Committee Chairman Mr. Dato’ Ong Poh Eng ([email protected]), Event Director Mr. Paul Coffa ([email protected]) and IWF Competition Director Mr. Attila Adamfi ([email protected]) by the end of this week.

A small peek at the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou, China

After the third day of competition, Chinese lifters are dominating the field. According to the medal standings, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has won a total of five, just like their strongest competitor China. The Champion of the 2010 Antalya World Championships Wu Jingbiao (CHN) won the first Weightlifting gold medal in Dongguan Gymnasium on Saturday November 13. He set a new Asian Record in Snatch by performing 1kg more (133 kg) than the previous record holder Long Qingquan (CHN) at the Beijing Olympics. Second place went to Cha Kum Chol from DPR Korea with a Total of 276kg, while the Indonesian lifter Setiadi Jadi settled for the bronze medal. In Women’s 48 kg Wang Mingjuan (CHN) lifted a Total of 210kg and defended her title at the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou. The lifter Laosirikul Pensiri (THA) took the silver while Chen Weiling from Chinese Taipei gained the bronze by lifting almost 20kg less than the gold medalist from China. Zhang Jie (CHN) proved to be the best in Men’s 62kg bodyweight category right before Kim Un Guk (PRK) silver medalist and Irawan Eko Yuli (INA) who finished on the third place. During the second day of competition, in Women’s 53kg the Chinese lifter Li Ping broke two World Records. She performed 103kg in Snatch and broke the previous record set by Ri Song Hui (PRK) in 2002. She secured her gold and broke the record in Total during her second attempt of the Clean & Jerk. Second place went to Chinshanlo Zulfiya (KAZ), and Jaroenrattanatarakoon Prapawadee (THA), Beijing Olympic gold medalist took the bronze. The third day of the Asian Games gave place to Men’s 69kg and Women’s 58kg competitions. Kim Kum Sok lifted a Total of 324kg in Men’s 69kg category and ended up first right before the Iranian lifter Rezaeian Morteza. After raising 143kg in Snatch, Tryatno (INA) lifted 178kg in Clean & Jerk and secured his third place. Competition is at its height, and pressure is still on for those who will perform in the next few

International Tournament in France

The Tournament Denis Randon was created on the idea of Clermont Sports that Yves Randon decided to take back later on. The Tournament to commemorate Denis Randon, the founder of the Weightlifting Club of Clermont l’Hérault will be held on the 30th of October 2010. The city hosts the only International Weightlifting Tournament of France for the eighth time since 1983. The competition will welcome international delegations from Poland, Romanian, Germany and Belgium as well. The ambassador of the French delegation will be Benjamin Hennequin and besides him, Ali el Moujoud and Jean-Baptiste Bardis from Clermont Sports will compete to win the tournament. This year’s competition will be even more exciting since the 2008 Tournament winner Robert Dolega (POL) will challenge to Valeriu Calancea (ROU) the title holder of the previous competition in