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China dominating W63kg

ZHOU Xiaojing (CHN) missed her second attempt at 105kg and it seemed that HUANG Ting (CHN) can win the Snatch Gold, but raising the bar to 106kg she won over her Chinese compatriot. Interesting to note that except for ZHOU and HUANG, all the athletes in the Women’s 63kg missed their third attempt. The Clean and Jerk competition was more then tense as ZHOU and HUANG kept fighting for the Gold. Both athletes showed huge superiority over the other athletes competing. ZHOU Xiaojing missed her last attempt at 134kg so it was all or nothing for HUANG who had to make her third attempt a good lift. With 6 successful attempts, HUANG Ting, 2015 Youth World Champion and 2016 Asian Junior Champion won the Gold for her Total of 239kg. All three Bronze Medals went to different athletes! The Snatch was awarded to LLAMOSA MOSQUERA Nathalia (COL) while DURAN AYON Ana Lilia (MEX) took the one in the Clean and Jerk. As for the Total, HULPAN Florina-Sorina (ROU) 4th place in the Snatch and 5th in the Gold got it with

KOHA Rebeka (LAT) and CUMMINGS JR Clarence (USA) are Gold

W58kg – KOHA Rebeka won the Gold within Women for Latvia Impressive competition with tension until the end as KOHA Rebeka (LAT) European Junior and Youth Champion and 4th place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games took her 6 good lifts. Changing bodyweight category after the Olympics, she is now reaching to the top in the Women’s 58kg. With two Silver Medals in the Snatch (99kg) and the Clean and Jerk (120kg), she stood on the highest place of the podium to be handed over the Gold for her Total of 219kg. She won the first ever Gold within Women for Latvia. Ending 1kg ahead of KOHA in the Snatch, YANG Chunyan (CHN) missed only one lift – a Clean and Jerk at 120kg – maybe the most important one. With 218kg, she took Silver in the Total with 218kg. Youth Olympic Champion in 2014 and Silver Medallist at the 2016 IWF Junior World Championships, PAKKARATHA Rattanaphon’s (THA) last lift in the Clean and Jerk (121kg) ensured her a Gold, and a Bronze for her Total of 213kg. M69kg – CUMMINGS JR Clarence (USA) defended his title  Three missed lifts in the Snatch for LIU Weijian (CHN) opened the competition to the other athletes competing in the Men’s 69kg bodyweight category. The Japanese public gave a real boost to MIYAMOTO Masanori (JPN) who secured a Gold in the Snatch with 147kg. He was followed by ZANNI Mirko (ITA) at 140kg and MOSQUERA LOZANO Jose David (COL) only 1kg behind. Missing his third attempt at 141kg, CUMMINGS JR Clarence (USA) came up 4th. The Clean and Jerk changed the order a bit and it was time for CUMMINGS JR Clarence (USA) to shine. After a first successful lift at 173kg, he waited to take his second one. Setting a Japanese National Record, MIYAMOTO Masanori (JPN) was the only one still in the game to keep it up with CUMMINGS. With two good lifts (168kg and 173kg), the Japanese athlete only missed his last attempt at 178kg. CUMMING came out with 183kg and a good lift to take 186kg as his last attempt. He already secured the Gold Medal in both Clean and Jerk and Total, however he gave two of the existing Youth World Records a try. He couldn’t break his own Clean and Jerk Youth World Record of 185kg or the Total Youth World Record of 322kg set by Shagir Taner (TUR), but he gave the public an incredible

IWF Education Seminar in Japan

In the framework of the IWF Development Program, the IWF held an Education Seminar in Tokyo, JPN. The seminar was tailored to the young athletes and their coaches participating at the 2017 IWF Junior World Championships. Such lectures are implemented on the occasion of all our events with the participation of athletes and teams present. This enables the attendees to gain additional knowledge in the field of Anti-Doping, weightlifting values and teaches young lifters the importance of the relation to be established with the media representatives. An interactive question/answer session took place after every lecture. Lectures Dr. Kyle Pierce, IWF Coaching and Research Committee Member Sport Ethical issues and the Olympism Lilla Rozgonyi, IWF Communication and Marketing Director Media training, journalist relations, social media and athletes’ profiles Dr. Patrick Schamasch, IWF Anti-Doping Commission Chairman Fair Play, roles and responsibilities of the athletes and entourage, Consequences of doping Dr. Eva Nyirfa, IWF Legal Counsel IWF Anti-Doping Rules with special regard to the changes introduced by the New IWF Anti-Doping Policy Dr. Dominik Doerr, IWF Therapeutic Use Exemptions Committee Member Therapeutic Use

Chinese World Champions crowned in W53kg and M62kg

W53kg Ending the Snatch with 88kg, ZHU Qiaoling (CHN) came out at 105kg for her first attempt in the Clean and Jerk. Securing the victory with this first lift, she came out to give 109kg a try – successful. She missed her third lift at 111kg but won the Gold easily. Surprisingly, HANHUR Mariia (UKR) reached a 3rd and 4th place and that result (188kg) was still enough for a Silver Medal in the Total while 4th and 3rd place PANKOVA Liudmila (BLR) won the Bronze medal with 186kg. Earning Silver in the Snatch but ending 7th in the Clean and Jerk, NOVITSKAIA Kristina (RUS) missed the podium by 1kg and ended 4th. After an unfortunate start and no three missed attempts in the Snatch (85kg-85kg-87kg), LANDOULSI Nouha’s (TUN) starting weight in the Clean and Jerk also seemed too high. Missing once at 105kg, her second attempt was a good one and earned her a silver. M62kg It was an easy win for LIN Zhixiang (CHN) – having no challenger in the Men’s 62kg. With 130kg-160kg-290kg, he came out only once in the Clean and Jerk and won all Gold Medals available. After a third place in the Snatch, his fellow countryman WEI Chengzuo (CHN) started to high in the Clean and Jerk and missed to lift 159kg three times not being able to secure a Total. This brought the Clean and Jerk Bronze Medal to MAU Jon Luke (GER). With three good lifts and a last one at 154kg, he only ended 1kg behind Silver Medallist HIGUITA BARRERA Luis Fernando (COL). Third place in the Total went to KUVANC Cumali (TUR) also missing two attempts in the Clean and Jerk – one at 148kg and the other at

First day – a medal for Japan

W48kg – SUKCHAROEN defended her title 2016 Junior World Champion SUKCHAROEN Thunya (THA) had no contenders in the Women’s 48kg. She showed her supremacy in the Snatch and only came out for one successful attempt in the Clean and Jerk making it a good lift at 97kg. She won the three available Gold Medals leaving second place to her fellow Thai teammate NANTHAWONG Chirapan (THA). With her Total of 174kg – 5kg less than SUKCHAROEN – she ended ahead of OLIVEIRA MADEIRA Luana (BRA) ranking only 6th in the Clean and Jerk. The advantage taken by the Brazilian lifter in the Snatch seemed to be enough for the third place in the Total with 169kg. M56kg – Japan made it to the podium Taking an advantage of 11kg in the Snatch with 120kg, the Chinese lifter WANG Hao (CHN) won the Gold easily even if he only managed to grab third place in the Clean and Jerk. After a Bronze in the Snatch, LAI Gia Thanh (VIE) won the Gold in the Clean and Jerk with 140kg. Japan made it to the podium as MASHIKO Hiroyuki (JPN) having 6 good stood up on the third place of the podium to be handed over the Bronze for his Total of 244kg. Third in the Snatch with 109kg, GUNGOR Isa (TUR) only reached the 9th place in the Clean and Jerk and ranked 6th in the

World and Olympic medallists in the line up – 2017 IWF JWC Japan

The 2017 IWF Junior World Championships kicked off today in Tokyo. A Total of 265 (108 Women / 157 Men) athletes from 50 countries started their competition the capital city of Japan. Women will represent 31 countries while the number will be 45 for Men. Since the first Junior competition hosted by Marseille in 1975, the record number of countries represented was led by the 2007 IWF Junior World Championships Prague, CZE with 49, which now Tokyo exceeded by one. Junior Women events are held since 1995, and the 2011 competition organized in Penang, MAS is leading the way with 120 participants while with 32 countries, the 2000 Prague still remains undefeated. The oldest participants are 20 while the youngest ones were born in 2002. Juniors are mostly organized in Europe, however Pan-America, Asia and Africa also hosted such events. Sofia welcomed the competition three times while it was held twice in both Athens, Prague, Warsaw and Lignano-Sabbiadoro. Athletes competing here in Japan already proved their talent in the senior age-groups as well. Speaking about quality, we’ll be able to witness lifters such as the 2016 Junior World Champion SUKCHAROEN Thunya (THA) 48 kg, the 2016 Junior and Senior African Champion LANDOULSI Nouha (TUN) 53 kg and 4th place at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and 2016 Junior Champion KOHA Rebekka (LAT) 58 kg. Two-times Youth World Champion PALACIOS DAJOMES Angie Paola will represent Equador with her teammate and 2016 Junior World Champion DAJOMES BARRERA Neisi Patricia. Silver Medallist at the 2017 European Championships KISIL Valentina (UKR) will compete in the 90kg bodyweight category while 2014 Youth Olympic Champion CHAIDEE Duangaksorn will try to win the Junior Champion title in the +90kg. Men’s category will showcase 2016 Junior Asian Championships Bronze medallist LAI Gia Thanh (VIE) 56kg and 2015 Youth World Champion LIN Zhixiang (CHN) 62kg. The Men’s 69kg competition is expected to be the most exciting thanks to the potential duel between two-times Youth World Champion, 2016 Junior World Champion CUMMINGS JR Clarence (USA) and his number one rival, 2015 Youth World Champion MOSQUERA LOZANO Jose David (COL). LOPEZ LOPEZ Yeison (COL), Youth World Record holder and 2016 Junior World Champion is expected to show an outstanding performance in the 77kg bodyweight category. The 94kg bodyweight category has many excellence athletes: 2016 Junior European Championships Bronze Medallist PYROHOV Kyrylt (UKR), this year’s Asian Champion, last year's Junior World Champion SOBIROV Farkhodbets (UZB) and the 2016 Junior World Championships third BEIRALVAND Reza (IRI). 105kg will include GASPARYAN Samvel (ARM), KHETSURIANI Dato (GEO) while in the +105kg, we’ll see 2016 Rio Olympic Games Silver Medallist as well as World and European Champion MARTIROSYAN Simon (ARM). We’ll keep you