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Georgia picked up it’s first gold of the 2019 JWC in M102

The men's 102kg competition ended with the great victory of CHKEIDZE Irakli, obtaining the first gold for Georgia on the Junior World Championships. The 2018 Junior World and Junior European Champion IRAKLI was second in the Snatch behind overall silver medallist ARLIONAK Andrei (BLR), but managed to turn the odds in the Clean and Jerk. After securing his first place at the second lift of 204kg, CHKEIDZE came out for a Junior World Record attempt in Clean and Jerk, but the 213kg weight proved to be too much for him. CHKEIDZE totaled 371kg, one kilogram more than his Belorussian competitor, while AZIZI Amir (IRI) stepped on the third podium and received three bronze medals (165, 195,

KUZGANBAYEVA won the women’s 81kg category

On the sixth day of the IWF Junior World Championships in Suva, Fiji, KUZGANBAYEVA Karina (KAZ) took all three golds in the women's 81kg competition with six good lifts. In the Snatch, she scored 126kg, that second finisher, Korean JANG Hyeonju tried to match, but could not lift, leaving her with a 124kg score in this lift. Russian FEDICHKINA Tatiana received a bronze medal for her 115kg lift. The Kazakh lifter added another kilogram to her advantage over JANG in the Clean and Jerk (98kg), rounding up their Total results to 224kg and 221kg respectively. VIZGINA Ekaterina cut ahead to the third Clean and Jerk and overall place with 3 good lifts finishing at 93kg, and 206kg

Egypt scored gold in the men’s 96kg category

This year's African Champion, ALI Ahmed Sayed Ashour (EGY) took all three golds in the men's 96kg bodyweight category. With three good lifts in the Snatch, finishing at 165kg, ALI was the best, just us in the Clean and Jerk with 200kg but missing his last attempt at 206kg. Interestingly, all the 11 participants of the session missed the last attempt in the Clean and Jerk. Receiving the silver medal, Kazakh ANTROPOV Artyom totaled 352kg, while the youngest in the field, 16 years old BABAYAN Artur (RUS) finished in the third place with a 346kg Total result. "I am very happy, it is my second Junior World Championships [2018 - silver medal] , and now I won. I worked very hard for a year to get here and this is the second major competition I won within a month, after the African Championships." - ALI said. Check out the full

Glorious victory for USA’s NYE in the womens 71kg category

There was no challenge in winning for NYE Katherine Elizabeth in the women's 71kg session, she scored a glorious victory on the fifth competition day of the Junior World Championships in Suva, Fiji. Only one month ago, she won the Pan-American Championships and set several records on the way. "It was a quick turnaround after the Pan-American Championships,  but we tried very hard to do as much as we could. I think it went well, I'm really happy!" - she said after the medal ceremony. Watch the full interview here! In both lifts, she only came out when everyone else finished their attempts and secured the gold medals at the starting weights. In the Snatch, she lifted 109kg and 137kg in the Clean and Jerk, rounding up her final score to 246kg, which is a whopping 36kg more than the silver medallist, GUSEVA Evgeniia's (RUS) Total, 212kg. GUSEVA was 12kg behind NYE in the Snatch, picking up the silver medal and finished third in the Clean and Jerk. ALTUN Berfin was the second runner up in the Clean and Jerk, 19kg behind the American, also reaching the third place overall (206kg).

ANDREWS won the first ever Junior World Championships gold medal for NZ

MAHMOUD Rania Mohamed Ezzat won the day's second overall gold for Egypt in the women's 76kg bodyweight category, with a 97kg Snatch and 122kg Clean and Jerk. MAHMOUD has a history of winning every single international competition she participated in so far, most recently the African Championships in the 71kg category. ANDREWS-NAHU Kanah Shenelle pinched the Snatch gold from ALI, which is a historical medal for New Zealand, the first-ever on a Junior World Championships (98kg). She also got the overall bronze medal, with a Total result of 212kg. "I feel amazing. I was very happy, then I got really emotional and started to cry. (...) I felt under less pressure because I trusted my coaches, I was able to absorb everything in the moment, " said ANDREWS with a big smile on her face. NARIN Dilara (TUR) finished second (217kg), which is the second World medal for her within a couple of months, she won the gold medal at the IWF Youth World Championships in Las Vegas and was second at the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic

The audiance exploded with cheer when OPELOGE won the M89kg

The venue filled with loud cheering when OPELOGE Don (SAM), niece of the Samoan legend Elle Opeloge, the only Olympic silver medallist of the country, successfully finished his last lift and won the men's 89kg session. The OPELOGE family is truly bound to the sport, there are seven OPELOGES with international results. In the Snatch, he failed his first two lifts and ended up in the sixth place, but with 3 successful Clean and Jerks, finishing at 198kg, he cut ahead to the first overall place (349kg). The 20-year-old Don was second at 85kg in the Commonwealth Games last year and has been rewarded for years of hard work under coach Jerry Wallwork. HOSSEINI Mohammad (IRI) only missed the first place with one kilogram behind OPELOGE, while Polish ADAMUS Bartlomiej Stefan finished second with a 346kg Total result. Armenian HOSSEINI Mohammad could only successfully finish his first lift in Clean and Jerk, 155kg, which was enough for him to win the Bronze medal in this