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2022 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA CONFIRMATION OF FINAL ENTRIES

THIS IS TO REMIND YOU THAT THE DEADLINE FOR CONFIRMING YOUR FINAL ENTRIES FOR THE 2022 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IS  05 NOVEMBER 2022 (SATURDAY). PROCEDUREPlease visit the IWF E-ENTRY SYSTEM at https://www.iwf.net/e-entry_2022col/ SELECT a maximum of 12 ATHLETES (10+2 reserve) / GENDER – if available - from the registered PRELIMINARY ENTRIES. REMOVE athletes who WILL NOT PARTICIPATE in the competition. CONFIRM your FINAL ENTRIES by clicking on the "CONFIRM FINAL LIST" button. COMPETITION PROGRAM 03 DECEMBER 2022 / DEADLINE FOR VERIFICATION OF FINAL ENTRIES 04 DECEMBER 2022 / IWF SPECIAL CONGRESS (Hilton Bogota Corferias) 05-16 DECEMBER 2022 / IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPETITION DOCUMENTS CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING LINK.ELIGIBILITY In accordance with article 5.5.16 of the IWF Anti-Doping Rules 2021 whereabouts information of the athletes shall be submitted at a minimum of three (3) months prior to the IWF World Championships. Athletes who wish to compete at the IWF World Championships shall submit their whereabouts information for the period outlined above at the latest on 05 SEPTEMBER 2022.  ADAMS Deadline for Q3 2022 for this event: 05 SEPTEMBER 2022.  ADAMS Deadline for Q4 2022 for this event: 30 SEPTEMBER 2022. An Athlete who does not comply with this provision is not eligible to compete at the IWF

IWF President, AWF Vice-President meets with the Jinju Organizing Committee ahead of 2024 Olympics Qualification Events

Major figures from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) visited Jinju from the 20th to the 22nd of October 2022. The visits were made by the official invitation of Jinju City and the organizing committee of the 2023 Jinju Asian Weightlifting Championships for promoting Jinju City's charm and discussing agendas to successfully host the Events. A total of eight figures were invited including Mohammed Hasan JALOOD, president of the IWF, Abdullah Mohammed JARMAL, Vice President of the AWF, and Sung-Yong CHOI, President of the KWF. Kyoo-il CHO, Mayor of Jinju city, prepared a discussion table and hosted the figures at the city hall's general business room on the 21st. "As the coming Championships is the first official international sports event in Jinju and an flagship competition to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics, we will perform our best excellency in the preparation," he said. "We ask for the warm attention and support from the president of the IWF, vice president of the AWF, and president of the KWF so that all federal members of the Asian Weightlifting can join the event.” "IWF will endeavor various ways to help North Korea participate in the 2023 Jinju Asian Weightlifting Championships. Also, we ask Jinju city for cooperation to help small Asian countries have a chance to participate in the Championships," said Mohammed Hasan JALOOD, president of the IWF, “IWF will officially invite Kyoo-il CHO - the mayor of Jinju city, to the World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.” Abdullah Mohammed JARMAL, vice president of the AWF, said the 2023 Jinju Asian Weightlifting Championships is an important competition to qualify for the Paris Olympics. “AWF will do our best to help Asian countries enter the event." he said, "We hope Jinju city to fully ready for accommodation, transportation services, and visa issuance so that not only attracts more Asian countries to participate but also be recalled as a magnificent international event.” The delegation inspected Jinju Arena - the competition hall, function rooms, and training areas necessary for holding the competition, hence discussing issues necessary for holding the competition. In the evening, they visited the Namgang Yudeung Festival, Korea's honorary representative cultural tourism festival. Source: Jinju Organizing Committee for the 2023 Asian Weightlifting

ORIS meeting for the Olympic Games Paris 2024

The meeting of the Weightlifting Working Group of Olympic Results and Information Services (ORIS) was held from 12 – 14 October 2022 in Montreux, Switzerland.Weightlifting was represented by IWF Executive Board Member & IF Delegate for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matthew Curtain (remote attendance), Matyas Lencser, IWF Competition Manager and Jacqueline White, Paris 2024 Weightlifting Sport Manager. Other attendees included Project lead Nicolas Hurel (IOC Head of ORIS), and other members of the IOC ORIS, ATOS and Omega teams.The Working Group considered the implementation experiences from Tokyo 2020, defined the technical requirements to be delivered at Paris 2024, and updated the overall document in accordance with the latest IWF Technical and Competition Rules & Regulations (TCRR) and the Olympic Qualification

New Asian Records in M+109kg – Final day of the 2022 Asian Championships

The last day of the competition featured the Men 109kg, the Women +87kg and the Men +109kg categories. Men 109kg category The overall winner of the category was Rasoul Motamedi Sedeh (IRI) who at last years World Championships won the M102kg category. This time with 180kg-217kg-397kg won all the Gold medals of the category. Silver medal in all disciplines went to Bekdoolot Rasulbekov (KGZ) with 173kg-216kg-389kg, while the Amir Azizi (IRI) collected the Snatch Bronze with 166kg and Bing-Cheng Dong (TPE) took the C&J, Total Bronze medals. Men 109kg Total Podium @Bahrain Weightlifting Federation Women +87kg category In Snatch portion of the program two Kazakh teammates, Aizada Muptilda and Lyubov Kovalchuk made the two first places on the podium with 120kg and 115kg. The Snatch podium was completed by Nurul Akmal (INA) with 114kg, which was only 1kg less than at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games where she placed 5th. In C&J, Muptilda once again won with three perfect lifts (147-152-157kg). This time Akmal placed 2nd with 153kg and Kovalchuk finished 3rd with151kg. Total Podium was as follows: Aizada Muptilda (KAZ) - 277kg Nurul Akmal (INA) - 267kg Lyubov Kovalchuk (KAZ) - 266kg Women +87kg Total Podium @Bahrain Weightlifting Federation Men +109kg category The 2022 Asian Championships concluded with the Men +109kg category.  We couldn't have wished for better finish to the competition as Gor Minasyan not only won 2 Gold medals (Snatch and Total) and 1 Silver (C&J) for the host country, Bahrain but also set a new Asian Record in Snatch with 210kg and in Total with 452kg. In Snatch, the 2nd place went to Tokyo 2020 Silver medalist Ali Davoudi (IRI) with 195kg and his teammate Mohsen Dadrasasl (IRI) finished 3rd with 190kg. In the last C&J of the Asian Championships Davoudi won with 243kg and while he tried to set a new Asian Record with 250kg, it was a no lift at the end. The Bronze medal of the category went once again to Dadeasasl with 217kg. Total Podium was as follows: Gor Minasyan (BRN) - 452kg (NEW ASIAN RECORD) Ali Davoudi (IRI) - 438kg Mohsen Dadrasasl (IRI) - 407kg Gor Minasyan (BRN) @Bahrain Weightlifting

Lesman and Meso – Champions of Day 8 of the 2022 Asian Championships

The program of 8th day at the 2022 Asian Championships included the Men 96kg and the Men 102kg categories, where in both categories an IWF Ambassador Athlete became the Asian Champion. Men 96kg category This was the first competition of Lesman Parades Montano current M96kg Snatch World Record holder under the nationality of Bahrain, after changing it from Colombian and also the first competition after a surgery. His result couldn't have been better as he right away won the Snatch Gold with 182kg, which was just 5 kg below his record of 187kg and then became the Asian Champion in Total with 397kg. This shows great prospects regarding his performance for the 2022 IWF World Championships which will be held in December in Bogota, Colombia. Silver Snatch medal went to Po-Jen Chen (TPE) with 177kg who placed 5th at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Finally Nurgissa Adiletuly (KAZ) finished the podium with his second lift of 172kg. In Clean&Jerk Artyom Antropov (KAZ) proved to be the strongest with 219kg. Lesman collected a Silver medal with 215kg which was his personal best at international competition. The C&J podium was completed with Chen with his third lift of 206kg. The Total Podium of the category was as follows: Lesman Paredes Montano (BRN) - 397kg Po-Jen Chen (TPE) - 383kg Artyom Antropov (KAZ) - 377kg Lesman Paredes Montano (BRN) - Snatch 1st attempt @Bahrain Weightlifting Federation Men 102kg category This category featured Tokyo 2020 Champion in M96kg, Fares Elbakh, who due to the new Olympic bodyweight categories went up to 102kg.  The Gold medal in Snatch went to Sharofiddin Amriddinov (UZB), 2022 Junior World Champion in 102kg, with 172kg, Fares Elbakh (QAT) finished at 2nd place with 171kg, and Reza Dehdar took Bronze with 170kg. In C&J Amriddinov added a Bronze medal to his collection with 196kg which he lifted on his second attempt. The competition between the two strongest in C&J became interesting after both Dehdar and Elbakh made a successful first lift (202kg and 215kg). Dehdar with his team decided to increase his next lift to 230kg for which the answer of the team of Elbakh was to increase to 235kg. Of course as they weights were to big for both as it was only a strategy, Dehdar had to decrease to 221kg which he tried to lift and then 222kg on his third attempt but both were unsuccessful. As Elbakh already won with his first lift he declined all his remaining attempts and collected the Gold medal. Total Podium of the Men 102kg category: Fares Elbakh (QAT) - 386kg Reza Dehdar (IRI) - 372kg Sharofiddin Amriddinov (UZB) - 368kg Men 102kg Total Podium @Bahrain Weightlifting Federation The last day tomorrow will feature the Men 109kg, the Women +87kg and the Men +109kg

Day 7 – 2022 Asian Championship

The seventh day featured two female categories, the Women 81kg and Women 87kg categories. Women 81kg category In the Snatch portion of the Women 81kg category the medalist were as follows: Seyedehelham Hosseini (IRI) became the Asian Champion with 102kg, second place went to Motoka Nakajima (JPN) with 100kg and the last medal of Snatch was collected by Rigina Adashbaeva (UZB) with 97kg. In Cleand&Jerk the competition was a close one between the medalist. Hosseini won another Asian Champion title with her second lift of 125kg, Aisha Omarova (KAZ) made a Silver medal finish with 124kg and Nakajima completed the podium with her lift of 123kg. Total podium of the Women 81kg category: Seyedehelham Hosseini (IRI) - 227kg Motoka Nakajima (JPN) - 223kg Aisha Omarova (KAZ) - 217kg Women 81kg Total Podium @Bahrain Weightlifting Federation Women 87kg category In the Women 87kg category, Ankhtsetseg Munkhjantsan from Mongolia became the overall winner as with her lifts of 114kg-135kg-249kg collected all three Gold medals.  The other medalist in Snatch were Tursonoy Jabborova from Uzbekistan who placed 2nd with 112kg and Ying-Yuan Lo from Chinese Taipei who finished at 3rd place with 110kg. In case of C&J the two teammates from Chinese Taipei, Lo and Chia-Hsin Tian made a podium finish with 133kg and 131kg.  Women 87kg Total Podium was as follows:  Ankhtsetseg Munkhjantsan (MGL) - 249kg Ying-Yuan Lo (TPE) - 243kg Tursunoy Jabborova (UZB) - 242kg Women 87kg Total Podium @Bahrain Weightlifting