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New Youth World Record for Egypt – 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

The fifth day here in León Mexico featured the Women 64kg, the Men 89kg and Women 71kg categories. In the Men 89kg we could witness an extraordinary perfomance from an Egyptian athlete which brought him the Gold and a Youth World Record. Women 64kg Category In the Women 64kg category there was a clear distinction between the first placed athlete and the rest of them.  In Snatch Ingrid Vanesa SEGURA GRUESO (COL) only started her lifts when the rest of the athletes have already finished.She went 3-from-3 with 87-91-94kg and easily won Gold. Silver went to Nadezhada LI (KAZ) with 85kg, while Keily Carolina SILVA FERNANDEZ (VEN) completed the podium with 84kg. In the Clean&Jerk we witnessed a medal from Group B for the second time at this Youth World Championships, when Brianna MARQUEZ (USA) took Bronze with 105kg. Her teammate Anna SIERRA finished second with just 1kg more, with 106kg. Then came Segura, who after her Gold in Snatch, went 3-from-3 again and with the difference of 11kg collected her second Gold medal of the day. The Total podium followed the Snatch one, Segura was awarded Youth World Champion with 211kg, Li finished second with 190kg, while Silva won Bronze with 187kg. Women 64kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Men 89kg Category This category brought the second new Youth World Record of the Championships when Mahmoud Hosny Elsayed HASSAN from Egypt broke the C&J Youth World Record. In all the disciplines the podium stayed the same. Carlos Enrique LEON AVELLA from Venezuela collected 3 Bronze medals with 125-155-280, while Nikoloz ESARTIA from Georgia won Silver with 141-174-315. The clear winner of the category was Mahmoud Hassan who not only won 3 Gold medals with 150-193-343, he also broke the C&J Youth World Record. On his second attempt he lifted 175kg and then with his team they decided to jump to 193kg which was a new World Record attempt. Much to the excitement the crowd he executed the lift perfectly and broke the record. Men 89kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Women 71kg Category In Snatch the competition was really close between the athletes who made a podium finish. Janette YLISOINI from Finland placed at 3rd place with her 2nd attempt of 89kg, Ildem Burcu GERCEKDEN from Turkey took Silver with 91kg and with Mia RHODES (USA) lifting 92kg on her last attempt, USA collected ist first Gold medal of the Championships. In C&J portion of the program Rhodes proved to be the strongest and with her third lift of 110kg won the competition. Ylisoini finished at 2nd place with 106kg. On her third attempt she tried 111kg however it was a no lift. Ivanna Gabriela CERQUERA MONTOYA even though she placed 7th in Snatch, was strong enough to lift 104kg in C&J, which earned her the Bronze medal. In Total, Mia Rhodes collected her third Gold medal with 202kg, Ylisoini placed 2nd with 195kg, and Gercekden completed the podium with 194kg. Women 71kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Tomorrow the competition continues with the Women 76kg and the Men 96kg categories. Follow the action live on the IWF YouTube

Youth World Record for Kazakhstan – Day 4 at the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

The fourth day at the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships featured the Men 73kg, the Women 59kg and the Men 81kg categories. Right away in the first medal event of the day the crowd could experience the first Youth World Record of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships. Men 73kg Category In Snatch the competition was on between Yedige YEMBERDI (KAZ) and Diyorbek ERMATOV (UZB). Ermatov made two successful lifts (128-133kg) on his first attempts while Yemberdi missed his first lift of 130kg and only on his second try could manage it. Yemberdi came out for his last attempt with 134kg on the bar which at the end was a good lift for him. Everything depended on whether Ermatov could lift his last attempt of 135kg, which at the end he couldn't, therefore Yemberdi placed first and Ermatov second. Brayan IBANEZ GUERRERO (CAN) completed the Snatch podium with 132kg. In Clean&Jerk, Ermatov finished thrid with three successful attempts (151-154-157kg). Yasar KACARA (TUR) took Silver with 158kg which he lifted on his second lift. Yemberdi just like in Snatch couldn't lift his first attempt, however on his second try he lifted 165kg. On his last attempt he jumped to 172kg which meant if it is a good lift he will break the current World Standard of 171kg. He showed no hesitation on his last attempt and broke the Youth World Record which was also the first new World Record of the Championships. In Total Yemberdi won it all with 306kg, Ermatov finished at second place with 290kg and Ibanez collected his second Bronze medal with 288kg. Men 73kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Women 59kg Category In the Snatch portion of the category the competition was really close between the first 4 places. At the end Medina AMANOVA from Tukrmenistan became Bronze medallist with 83kg, Dubaney SINISTERRA ANGULO from Colombia finished at 2nd place as she lifted the same weight first. Jessica Isabel PALACIOS DAJOMES from Ecuador on her last attempt lifted 84kg therefore by 1 kg won the Gold. Charlotte SIMONEAU also tried to lift 84kg on her last attempt but it was a no lift therefore missed a podium finish. The suprise of the category was Barbara Lizbeth CARVAJAL NARVAEZ from Mexico who from Group B won the Bronze medal with 100kg. The difference between the Gold and Silver medal was once again 1kg. Hanin Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed ELSAYED from Egypt lifted 103kg on her last attempt and became Silver medallist, while Sinisterra finished first with 104kg. In Total Sinisterra added another Gold medal to her collection with 187kg, Elsayed took Silver with 185kg and Palacios completed the podium with 183kg. Women 59kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Men 81kg Category In Snatch Ihann Enriqueu BARRERAS CARMONA (MEX) infront of home crowd won his first Bronze medal after he lifted 119kg on his last attempt. Iacopo FALSINOTTI (ITA) won Silver medal with 132kg, while with a huge difference, Denis POLUBOYARINOV (KAZ) finished at 1st place with 143kg. In the C&J portion of the category, the same podium followed as in Snatch. Barreras placed third with 161kg, Falsinotti took Silver with the same weight, just he lifted it first. The clear winner of the category Poluboyarinov went 3-from-3 with 170-175-180kg and added another Gold medal to his collection. The last Total podium was as follows: Poluboyarinov won Gold once again with 323kg, Falsinotti collected his third Silver medal with 293kg, while Barreras clinched Bronze with 280kg. Men 81kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Tomorrow the action continues with the Women 64kg, the Men 89kg and the Women 71kg categories. Follow the action live on the IWF YouTube

First World Champion Title for Malta – Third Day at the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

The third day here in León, Mexico featured the Women 49kg, the Men 67kg and the Women 55kg categories. Women 49kg Category In the Snatch portion of the category Luluk Diana Tri WIJAYANA from Indonesia didn't leave a chance for the others in the group. She went 3-from-3 with 70-72-75kg and won Gold. Silver went to Oliwia Weronika DRZAZGA from Poland with 70kg, and Darya BALABAYUK from Kazakhstan clinched Bronze with he second lift of 69kg.  In Clean&Jerk Wijayana continued where she left of in the Snatch and easily won first place in C&J with her second attempt of 95kg. She also tried to lift 100kg on her last but it was a no lift. Just like in Snatch Drzazga took the Silver medal with her second lift of 91kg and Bahar KIRAT (TUR) finished third with 86kg. In Total, both Wijayana and Drzazga collected their third medal of the day (Gold and Silver respectively) and Joseline LOPEZ GONZALEZ from Mexico finished third with 153kg infront of home crowd.   Women 49kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas  Men 67kg Category The Men 67kg started at 15:00 local time with 9 athletes competing for the World Champion titles. In Snatch, based on entry totals Yerassyl SAULEBEKOV (KAZ) had the highest chance to win Gold however after he missed his first two attempts it wasn't so sure anymore. On his last attempt however he showed to everyone that he is capable of lifting much more and with that lift placed first. Second and third place went to the two Turkish athletes in the group, Halil Ibrahim AKBULUT took Silver with 122kg and Alaaddin SAYIN the Bronze with 121kg. In Clean&Jerk Bartosz BURSKI from Poland managed to get in between the Turkish athletes and clinched Bronze with his third attempt of 153kg. Sayin won Silver with 157kg, and with just 1kg more Saulebekov took Gold medal with 158kg. The Total podium followed the C&j one, Saulebekov became Youth World Champion with 281kg, Sayin finished second with 278kg and Burski collected his second Bronze medal with 269kg. Men 67kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Women 55kg Category In Snatch based on starting weights Tenishia THORNTON from Malta and Maria Jose HERNANDEZ VERDIN from Mexico had the highest chance of winning Gold. Maria Hernandez who is living in León, Mexico also celebrated her 17th birthday today. Hernandez successfully lifted 75kg on her first lift, while Thornton missed her first one of 76kg. Thornton tried 76kg once again which she managed on her second lift. Then came Noura Essam Helmi Abdelbari MOHAMED from Egypt who on her last attempt also lifted 76kg. Hernandez attempted 77kg on both her second and last lift but sadly couldn't perform another good lift so she won Bronze in the category. As Thornton did a good lift of 78kg, she ensured that she won in Snatch, while Mohamed finished second. In C&J the same podium followed as in Snatch. Maria Hernandez won another Bronze medal with her first attempt of 93kg, Mohamed took Silver with her 2nd attempt of 95kg and Thornton once again won Gold with 100kg.  The Total podium was as follows: Thornton was awarded as the Total Youth World Champion with 178kg, Mohamed took Silver with 171kg, and Hernandez finished third with 168kg.  With winning the category, Tenishia Thornton also won the first ever World Champion title in the history of Malta. Women 55kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Tomorrow the program continues with the Women 59kg, the Men 73kg and Men 81kg categories. Follow the livestream on the IWF YouTube

Day 2 – 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

The second day of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships featured the Men 55kg (Group B and A), the Women 45kg and Men 61kg categories. Men 55kg category The first session of the day featured the Men 55kg category, starting with Group B and then Group A. In the Snatch portion of the todays first session, between athletes in the first (Majeed M KALITIT ALI from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and the second place (Gurunaidu SANAPATHI from India) there was only 1 kg difference in all the attempts. They both went 3-from-3, but as KALITIT successfully lifted his last attempt of 105kg, he won the Gold medal, while Sanapathi the Silver one. The last medal of the Snatch went to Yerassyl UMAROV from Kazakhstan with his second attempt of 100 kg. In C&J, the Bronze medal was won by Umarov just like in Snatch, with 124kg. The Silver medal this time went to Perhat BAGTYYAROV from Turkmenistan with 125kg, who only placed 6th in Snatch. Finally, Snatch Silver medallist Sanapathi won Gold with his second attempt of 126kg. He also tried 130kg on his last attempt, but it was a no lift. In Total, Sanapathi took the Gold once again with 230kg, second place went to Kalitit with 229kg and Umarov finished third with 224kg. Men 55kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Women 45kg category The Women 45kg category saw 12 athletes competing for the medals. Among the athletes was Rose RAMOS (PHI) last years World Champion of this category. In Snatch, Rosailiz SANTANA (DOM) finished third with 68kg which she lifted on her third attempt. Rose RAMOS (PHI) even though lifted 3 kg more than at last years Youth World Championships with 70kg, it was only enough for second place, as Kerlys Maria MONTILLA MADRID (VEN) outdid her performance with 1 kg and won Gold. In C&J, Montilla after a first successful attempt (82kg) failed to make another one therefore she only clinched the Bronze medal. Silver medal was won by Soumya Sunil DALVI (IND) with 3 successful lifts, the last one being 83kg. With Montilla not managing her last attempts, Ramos had the chance to win in C&J, which she accomplished with her last attempt of 85kg. The Total podium was as follows: Ramos just like last year in Jeddah won the World Champion title with 155kg, Montilla took Silver with 153kg and Dalvi finished third with 148kg. Women 45kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Men 61kg category The final session of the day featured the Men 61kg category which started at 18:00 local time. In the final Snatch session of the day, Luis Alfonso BLANDON PENA from Colombia went 3-from-3 and with 112kg placed third. Two athletes went for the same weight of 113kg and based on starting weights it looked like Hubert PIETRZAK from Poland will make it to the podium, however after missing 113kg on his second and last attempts he missed the podium. With Pietrzak missing his attempts, the opportunity was given to Bassam A AL MARZOUQ MOHAMMED from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to reach a podium finish which he managed on his last attempt and won Silver. The strongest of the group was Engin KARA who on his second attempt of 114kg already won the Snatch Gold. He also tried 117kg on his last attempt but it was a no lift at the end. In Clean&Jerk just like in Snatch, Blandon Pena won Bronze with 136kg, while Kara after a Snatch Gold, won a Silver medal in C&J with the same weight as Blandon as he lifted it first. The final C&J Gold medal of the day was won by Kara's teammate Mustafa ELIS with his first attempt of 138kg. The Total medals were awarded as follows: Blandon Pena collected his third Bronze medal of the day with 248kg, Elis after his C&J Gold added a Silver medal to his collection with 249kg, and Kara became the Total World Champion with 150kg. Men 61kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Tomorrow the weightlifting program continues with the Women 49kg, the Men 67kg and the Women 55kg categories. Follow the competition live on the IWF YouTube

First Day of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships

The first day of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships featured the Men 49kg and Women 40kg categories in León, Mexico. Men 49kg Category The day started with the Men 49kg Category at 16:00 local time. The category featured 6 athletes from Bulgaria, Ecuador, India and Peru.  In the Snatch portion of the program the first Bronze medal of the Championships was won by Vijay PRAJAPATI (IND) with his second attempt of 78kg, Silver went to Nino SIMEONOV (BUL) with the same weight but as he lifted it first he placed second. Finally, Alexis Javier ENDARA CRIOLLO (ECU) finished first with his second good attempt of 81kg. In Clean&Jerk Simeonov took Bronze with 96kg, Prajapati finished second with 97kg and Endara Criollo once again won Gold with three good attempts from which his best was 103kg. The first Total podium was as follows: Simeonov took Bronze with the Total of 174kg, Prajapati won the Silver medal with 175kg and the Total winner of the category was Endara Criollo with 184kg after he won both Snatch and C&J. Men 49kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Women 40kg Category The last session of Day 1 of the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships featured the lightest Women category (W40kg). In the Snatch portion of the program except one, all the attempts were successful which means that the coaches chose the perfect weights for their athletes. Among the 7 athletes featured in this session Aleksandra BELENKO from Kazakhstan won Bronze with 55kg. Second place went to Lawren Sofia ESTRADA VELEZ from Colombia with the same weight while Akansha VYAVHARE from India finished at the first place with 59kg. In C&J the same athletes won the medals just in different order. This time the Gold medal was awarded to Estrada with 73kg, Belenko finished second with 70kg and the last medal of C&J went to Vyavhare with 68kg. In Total, Estrada won Gold with 128kg, Silver medal went to Vyavhare with 127kg, while Belenko took the Bronze medal with 125kg. Women 40kg Total Podium @IWF/Isaac Morillas Tomorrow the competition continues with the Men 55kg, Women 45kg and the Men 61kg categories. Follow the livestream on the IWF YouTube

ONLINE VERIFICATION OF FINAL ENTRIES OF THE 2022 IWF YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

This is to inform you about the procedure of the ONLINE Verification of Final Entries for the 2022 IWF Youth World Championships to be held in León, Guanajuato, MEX: VERIFICATION OF FINAL ENTRIES tab LOGIN with your username and password to the IWF E-Entry System (click HERE) CLICK on the VERIFICATION OF FINAL ENTRIES tab at the top of the page.  PROCEDURECOMPETING ATHLETE(S) CHECK your athlete(s) BODYWEIGHT CATEGORY/ENTRY TOTAL and modify them if needed SELECT the athlete(s) by clicking the „CONFIRM” button on the left  NON-COMPETING ATHLETE(S) DELETE those athlete(s) who WILL NOT participate by clicking the „dustbin” icon on the left  Please DOUBLE-CHECK your final list of the athlete(s) and CLICK on the „SEND VERIFICATION” button above.  THE PLATFORM FOR THE VERIFICATION IS AVAILABLE UNTILJUNE 09, 2022, AT 12:00/Noon (GMT-5, MEX TIME).  After the deadline, the IWF E-Entry System will be CLOSED, so that NO FURTHER CHANGES CAN BE MADE to your data.  IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CONTACT THE IWF AT