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Three lifters awarded with Olympic Medals

An Awarding Ceremony was held in Ashgabat, to accolade three lifters with Olympic Medals from 2012 London and 2016 Rio. GULNOI Siripuch (THA), who competed under the name of GULNOI Rattikan at the time, received the Bronze Medal for her performance in the women's 58kg bodyweight category in London, 2012. MOHAMMADPOURKARKARAGH Saeid (IRI) was also awarded a London Olympic Medal, forthcoming to the first place of the men's 94kg bodyweight category. A Bronz Medal in the men's 85kg was given to ULANOV Denis (KAZ) for his result in Rio 2016. Daniel Gyurta, IOC Member, Olympic Champion in swimming and Tamas Ajan, IWF President presented the medals to the athletes. The Medals were reallocated due to

The Olympic Champion was defeated

The women’s 76kg bodyweight category brought Chinese success as WANG defeated the two times Olympic Champion RIM. In the Snatch, WANG Zhouyu, Asian Champion in 2015, was still behind the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Champion RIM Jong Sim (PRK), lifting 119kg while WANG did 118kg. In the Clean and Jerk though, the tide of the struggle turned, the Chinese lifter succeeded at 152kg while RIM couldn’t go over 150kg, leaving her on the second place both in the Clean and Jerk and in the Total with 269kg opposed to WANG’s 270kg.   "This was my first World Championships and I won. In the future, I will try to perform even better and win more medals." - said WANG after the event. Columbian SOLIS ARBOLEDA Leidy Yesserina earned the Bronze Medal in the Clean and Jerk with 146kg, while 20 years old DAJOMES BARRERA Neisi Patricia (ECU) claimed Bronze in the Snatch and Total. DAJOMES also set 5 Junior World Records, ending at 142kg in the Clean and Jerk and 259kg in

Iranian Gold in the men’s 96kg

The Olympic and World Champion MORADI Sohrab became World Champion again after last year's victory in the men’s 96kg bodyweight category and set three World Records. The 30-year-old Iranian, after lifting 181kg in the Snatch and missing the first attempt at 186kg, successfully broke the World Standard with his third attempt at the same weight. In the Clean and Jerk, MORADI set the Clean and Jerk World Record at 230kg, while the Total Record at 416kg. He couldn’t go up to 237kg, neither could his challenger TIAN Tao (CHN) execute his attempt at 236kg. Olympic Silver Medallist in 2016, TIAN got three Silver Medals with 181kg, 226kg, and 407kg in Total. The three Bronze Medals went to lifters from three different Nations. In the Snatch, Belarus TSIKHANTSOU Yauheni came in third with 180kg setting four Junior World Records, ELBAKH Fares Ibrahim E.H. (QAT) got the Bronze in the Clean and Jerk with 217kg and Romanian  ONICA Nicolae in the Total with

Seven Medallist in the Men’s 89kg

The men’s 89kg bodyweight category was one of the rare competitions when seven lifters were awarded medals after a fierce battle and only 3kg difference between the first and sixth place. If the Armenian MKRTCHYAN Hakob had successfully completed his last lift, he would have won, but missing it he finished seventh with 365kg. Two lifters made it double among the seven winning two medals each: winner of the Snatch and Total OKULOV Artem (RUS) and winner of the Clean and Jerk and second in Total KHADASEVICH Pavel (BLR). OKULOV, 2015 World Champion won after ranking eight in the Snatch with 166kg. However, in the Clean and Jerk, he was the only one to bare 206kg, with a Total of 372kg, he is the World Champion. "I wanted to win three Golds, but I am completely happy with two! A great day for me!" - OKULOV KHADASEVICH was second with 371kg and Georgian DAVITADZE Revaz had the same result, who got the Bronze Medal despite being fourth in the Snatch and fifth in the Clean and Jerk. DAVITADZE set three Junior World Records, just like Venezuelan VALLENILLA SANCHEZ Keydomar Giovanni, but the latter only got the sixth place with 369kg. World Champion in 2017, MENDEZ PEREZ Arley (CHI) managed the same weight, fifth in Total, but he claimed the Gold in the Snatch

ZHANG Wangli (CHN) took it all in the women’s 71kg

Just like in the 64kg, China won all three Gold Medals in the women's 71kg. The 2016 Asian Champion, ZHANG Wangli got close to the World Standard with 115kg in the Snatch, but in the Clean and Jerk, after lifting 140kg, she set the World Record at 147kg, then 152kg. This meant she beat the Total World Standard too, with 262kg and 267kg. With 6 excellent lifts, she finished way ahead of her competitors. "I came here to set World Records and win the World Championships. I got everything I wanted"  - ZHANG Wangli Ending 15kg behind her, AHMED Sara Samir Elsayed Mohamed (EGY). The 2016 Olympic Bronze Medallist and Junior World Champion this year achieved a Junior World Record with her third lift in the Snatch (111kg) and kept up the great performance in the Clean and Jerk, with 136 and 141kg, which is the new Junior World Record. Moreover, she changed the order of the best Total results twice: 247 and 252kg. Third in Total Kazakh LIKHACHEVA Nadezda with 242kg, who also won the Snatch Silver with 112kg. ROGERS Martha Ann (USA), third on the 2017 World Championships claimed the Clean and Jerk Bronze Medal with a 133kg

Did you check your list? – IWF Anti-Doping Seminar

The second Anti-Doping Education seminar was held on the 5th November 2018 focusing on the most important anti-doping responsibilities of a Weightlifter.   The topic of the lecture was „Checklist for Weightlifters” which included all the obligations of the Athletes related to whereabouts submission and TUE application. Useful information and the iLiftClean E-learning Education platform was introduced to the participants which actually contains these topics plus the Doping Control Process. All Athletes competing at the Event shall complete the test.   During the week of the World Championships Athletes will have the possibility to complete the iLiftClean Course in the Training Hall and at the IWF Outreach. Education materials were provided by the Japan Anti-Doping Agency considered as a potential NADO partner due to the Tokyo2020 Olympic