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MOSQUERA (COL) lifts Rio weight off his shoulders with gold in Lima

Weightlifter is smiling again after missing the 2016 Olympics through injury   [caption id="attachment_27509" align="alignleft" width="300"] Credit: Marcello Zambrana / Lima 2019[/caption] Francisco MOSQUERA (COL) achieved golden redemption at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games to help erase the disappointment of three years ago when he missed the Rio 2016 Olympics with a knee injury. The Colombian weightlifter triumphed in the 61kg category, setting a new Pan American record of 170kg in the clean and jerk along the way. He became the first Colombian to win gold at Lima 2019, and immediately set his sights on Tokyo 2020. "The past is done,” he said. “I am living in the present. I will continue working in the name of God and may he protect me because I am trying hard. The Pan American record was achieved, but I wanted the world record. It wasn't possible, but I will continue working hard to achieve it in Tokyo 2020. "I feel very proud of being the first Colombian athlete to win a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games. “I thank God, my family, the Olympic Committee and my coach Oswaldo Pinilla, because even when many people criticized him, he is the mastermind of my triumph." Source: Lima

USA Weightlifting Secures 100th Pan American Games Medal

As Harrison Maurus lifted 195kg (429.90 lbs) over his head Sunday night at the XVII Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, he secured USA Weightlifting’s 100th medal in Pan Am Games competition and continues Team USA’s winning streak that stretches back nearly seven decades. Maurus, 19, went five-for-six in his lifts Sunday in the 81kg (178.57 lbs) bodyweight division, with a best 155kg, snatch, 195kg clean and jerk for a combined 350kg  (771.67) total, enough for a bronze medal. “I was very pleased with today’s performance,” Maurus said. “We were up 15 kilograms from the Junior Worlds in Fiji, so I can’t complain. I felt great” USA Weightlifting athletes have won at least one medal since the first Pan American Games in 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. United States weightlifting athletes have won 48 gold medals, 27 silver and 25 bronze medals in the 27 Pan American Games held thus far. Maurus, the 2017 Youth World Champion and current holder of five American records, joins the list of Pan Am Games medalists that’s filled with legends of the sport including Olympic champions and hall of famers. “It’s pretty cool to earn number 100 for the United States,” Maurus said. Maurus, a hopeful to make the team for next year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, had a strong showing that gave notice to his competitors worldwide. “We’re where we wanted to be, come in and be stronger at Worlds in Thailand in September,” Maurus said. Competing in the same body weight division, Team USA’s Christian Rodriguez Ocasio went three for three in the snatch, improving his personal best in the lift by one kilo when he made a 152kg lift on his third attempt. He hit 143kg and 148kg on his first and second attempts. https://www.instagram.com/p/B0fFluQHVQp/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet In the clean and jerk, Rodriguez Ocasio made 175kg on his second attempt after missing it on the first. Rodriguez Ocasio took a 10kg jump to 185kg on his third attempt, completing the clean but missing he jerk. He earned a 327kg total and a fourth place finish. “That [337kg] would’ve been a new personal record over the Pan American Championships,” Rodriguez Ocaio told USA Weightlifting. “There’s more in the tank and we know what we need to work on for Worlds.” Source: USA

2nd Spanish Cup Promises

A Coruña will host the 2nd Spanish Cup Promises that will take place on July 27 at the Pavilion Club del Mar de San Amaro, where the 20 best boys and the 20 best girls will meet, in categories U15 and U17. The morning session will start at 9:10 a.m., while the afternoon one will start at 3:40 p.m. The competitions can be followed, LIVE, through the application LaLigaSportsTV, in the following links: Morning session: https://www.laligasports.es/directos/halterofilia-ii-copa-federaciones-categorias-sub-15-y-sub-17-sabado-manana Afternoon session:

One Year To Go to Tokyo 2020!

Today it's just One Year To Go to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games! Weightlifting was the first to open the 'Ready - Steady - Tokyo!' line of Olympic Test Events in its magnificent and iconic venue, the Tokyo International Forum. As 24 July 2020, the opening day of the Games is drawing near, excitement is growing and everybody is looking forward to fantastic Olympic Games in the Japanese capital. Celebrate 'One Year To Go!' with the Technical Officials who tested the weightlifting

Unique IWF Seminar on Mental Training in Uruguay

The Uruguay Weightlifting Federation organized a Mental Training Seminar in Weightlifting in Montevideo, Uruguay thanks to the IWF Development Program. The Federation invited Mr. Jorge Espana, President of Bolivian Weightlifting Federation and a specialist of the subject, to act as the lecturer. There were 25 participants from all around Uruguay. The audience was extremely enthusiastic to learn about mental coaching techniques for weightlifters. The participating coaches were very active eager to be given some new tools that may help improving the coaching of lifters, their mental condition, recovery and, ultimately, their performance. Special emphasis was laid on the role played by the coach on his or her athletes. "The conditions granted for the Seminar were excellent, especially due to the facilities available, and I appreciate the hospitality of the Uruguayan Weightlifting Federation," commented his experiences Mr. Espana. "This seminar had great importance since such content had never been developed in the country and therefore the knowledge of the athletes and coaches was limited. The presentations by Mr. Espana were excellent unfolding all the content in a masterful way and being able to make difficult subjects be understood easily thanks to his communication skills,"  the President of Uruguay Weightlifting Federation, Mr. Julio Lezama shared his opinion after the

Great French Champion Marcel PATERNI passed away

As we learned from the French Weightlifting Federation, the great champion Marcel PATERNI, who was not only a great athlete, but also a great coach passed away recently. Marcel PATERNI, born September 22, 1936, was a French weightlifter who was a bronze medallist at the World Weightlifting Championships in 1958 in Stockholm and in 1961 in Vienna in the middleweight category. He was silver medallist at the European Weightlifting Championships in 1957 and 1958 and bronze medallist at the European Weightlifting Championships in 1961 and 1962. In the light-heavyweight category, he won bronze at the European Weightlifting Championships in 1960 and 1964 and world record holder in press with 150.5 kg in 1959. He participated in three Olympic Games in 1956 in Melbourne, 1960 in Rome and 1964 in Tokyo. After his athletic career, Marcel PATERNI was also a national coach and helped the French team to further success. The IWF and the weightlifting family extend their condolences to the FFHM and the PATERNI