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The 1500th WC Medal goes to SHIMKOVA Svetlana

For women competing in the 69kg category winning gold medal was not the only objective during the 6th competition day at the World Championships in Antalya. The winner of gold medal in Clean & Jerk also became the holder of the 1500th World Championship medal. The winner of this historical Gold is the Russian lifter SHIMKOVA Svetlana who performed first place in both Clean & Jerk and in Total. She took over her special prize from the World Weightlifting Magazine's Editor in Chief Kornel Jancso and Aniko Nemeth-Mora Senior

Competition at its height

During the women's 63kg category in Group A the Turkish lifter SIMSEK Sibel got an injury at the medial side of her right elbow while performing her second Snatch. Even though she found enough strength to keep her second place and win a silver medal in that lift and took the second place in Total. Last year's World Champion MANEZA Maiya (KAZ) finished first in Total and in Clean & Jerk where she managed to break the previous World Record setting the new one at 143kg. Columbia, Korea and People's Republic of Korea were also within the medal winning countries besides the Chinese lifter OUYANG Xiaofang who won gold medal in Snatch. Men's 69kg category LIAO Hui (CHN), Olympic Champion of 2008 and World Champion of 2009 waited for everyone to come out before performing his first Clean & Jerk. He started higher than his rivals, at 184kg. After his first good lift he broke the previous World Record in the second attempt. By the end of the competition, he also broke BOEVSKI Galabin's Total becoming the new World Record holder with 358kg and winning his second gold medal in this bodyweight category. In Snatch both the Chinese lifter and the Turkish lifter BINAY Mete tried to break the 165kg record, but they both failed in their efforts. However, the performance of BINAY Mete allowed him to win the gold as was lighter than LIAO Hui. This year's European Champion the Romanian MICULESCU Ninel won a third place in Snatch, and was awarded the silver medal for his accomplishment in Total. The Russian lifter KAZARYAN Armen stepped up to podium to take over the bronze.

1500th medal to be awarded tomorrow in the women’s 69kg

On the 22nd of September 2010 during the competition of Group A in the women's 69kg category the 1500th Women's World Championship medal will awarded. On the occasion of this round number, Kornel Jancso, Editor in Chief the World Weightlifting Magazine and Aniko Nemeth-Mora, Senior Editor will award a special prize to the winner of the gold medal in Clean &

Third day continues with record

During the 3rd day in women's 58kg category DENG Wei (CHN) showed without being contested her dominating position not only by winning the gold medal, but also setting a new Youth World Record in Clean & Jerk. The second place went to NOVIKAVA Nastassia who had a hard time after a small injury during her second Clean & Jerk attempt, but she managed to take the silver in total with 233kg. JONG Chun Mi (PKR) got two medals, a silver in Clean & Jerk and a bronze in Total. In men's 62kg category KIM Un Guk dominated the snatch by lifting 147kg followed with 173kg in Clean & Jerk for a 320kg Total and won the gold! After a successful start and a bronze medal in Snatch, the Chinese lifter DING Jianjun had a serious knee injury and wasn't able to come out for his second attempt of the Clean & Jerk and couldn't finish the competition. ZHANG Jie (CHN) fighted out the second place in Total and won a gold medal in Clean & Jerk. The Turkish lifter BILGIN Erol easily managed to keep his bronze medal winning position in Total next to a silver performed in

Second day of competition

The 19th of September 2010 In the women's 53kg category CHEN Xiaoting (CHN) won without any difficulties all 3 gold medals in Snatch (100kg), in Clean & Jerk (122kg) and in Total with a result of 222kg. Besides a bronze medal in Snatch the Turkish lifter DASDELEN Aylin got 2 silver medals in Clean & Jerk and in Total. Dominican Republic was proud to celebrate the 2 medals of their lifter CONTRERAS Yuderqui who performed good lifts and won a silver medal in Snatch and a bronze in Total. After 3 successful attempts, Miyake Hiromi managed to take the third place in Clean & Jerk and was honored to receive the bronze medal. In the men's 56kg WU Jungbiao (CHN) won 2 gold (Snatch and Total) and one silver medal in Clean & Jerk after an outstanding performance. The other Chinese lifter LONG Qingquan and the North Korean lifter CHA Khum Chol both got two medals, each a silver and a bronze, and the third place in Clean & Jerk has been won by BERNA Carlos from Colombia who managed to lift 152kg at his last

New World Record set by Turkey on the first day!

The host country won 6 of the 9 medals aspired by the athletes on the first day of the competition. . Turkey won 3 gold medals, 2 silvers and a bronze at the World Championships Antalya in the women 48 kg category. TAYLAN Nurcan, the gold medalist of the Olympic Games 2004 and bronze medalist of the 2009 World Championships in Goyang won all 3 gold medals in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and in Total. She set a World Record in Clean & Jerk with lifting 121kg thus adding 1 kg to Chinese CHEN's former record. The second Turkish athlete ŐZKAN Sibel, silver medalist of the 2009 World Championships in Goyang, kept her second place in the Total with 205 kg and in Snatch with 90 kg, but in Clean & Jerk, her performance of 115kg was only enough to win her a bronze medal. The 17 years old Chinese weightlifter TIAN Yuan, gold medalist of the first Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore set 3 Youth World Records in the 48kg category in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and in Total. The now 7 times World record holder athlete won two bronze medals (Snatch: 88kg, Total: 204kg) and managed to take the second place in the Clean & Jerk with 116kg right ahead of ŐZKAN