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MOSQUERA LOZANO Luis Javier won the Gold for Colombia

W53 Snatching 95kg, LIU Quan (CHN) took a 9kg advantage over NGUYEN (86kg) and KOHA (85kg). While the Vietnamese and the Latvian lifters were far below in the Clean and Jerk 6th and 5th respectively, the Chinese lifter LIU continued her strong start and made it to 115kg. PAKKARATHA Rattanaphon (THA) managed to get back on track after a 5th place Snatch lifting also 115kg and winning the Gold in the Clean and Jerk by bodyweight. There was no question in the Total al LIU got enough advantage in the Snatch to keep her leading position. The Egyptian lifter IBRAHIM Basma Emad Gouda Mohamed (EGY) ended the Snatch ranking 7th with 83kg and had to fight hard to get a chance to finish on the podium. With her 106kg Clean and Jerk as last attempt, she got was she came for. Training hard in the past period, she took the Bronze Medal in the Total with 189kg. 4th (VIE) and 5th (COL) place were only 1kg behind with 188kg. M69 The Colombian lifter MOSQUERA took a strong start in the Snatch and went up to 151kg with 3 successful attempts. He was followed closely by YUAN Chengfei (CHN) ending second by bodyweight with also 151kg as last successful lift. Third place KWON Yong Gwang’s (PRK) first attempt at 138kg seemed too heavy, but he managed to go up till 141kg, having a 10kg drawback. The Clean and Jerk was an easy one for MOSQUERA LOZANO Luis Javier (COL) who tried to break the long standing Clean and Jerk Junior World Record of LIAO Hui (CHN), but the 191kg weight seemed a bit heavy in the end. With his Total of 338kg, he was handed over the Gold Medal by the President of the Colombian Weightlifting Federation, Mrs. Ana Camacho. Silver Medal winner in the Total YUAN with 329kg was followed by KWON with

PAK – M62kg World Champion

Competition was tight in the Snatch with 124kg being a great challenge for lifters. Missed by PAK Jong Ju (PRK) once and MOSQUERA LOZANO Jose David (COL) twice, ERGASHEV Adkhamjon (UZB) was the first to make it a good lift. PAK succeeded at his second attempt, and got first place because of lighter bodyweight. Very balanced performance from ERGASHEV Adkhamjon (UZB), as the Uzbek lifter won 3 Silver medals with 124-151-275kg. In the Clean and Jerk, things got interesting from 145kg even though PAK (PRK) came out only at 155kg. With a Second good lift at 156kg, he won the Gold also in the Total with 280kg . an advantage of 5kg over ERGASHEV. Great result for Turkey, as AYDIN Emrah (TUR) won the Bronze (265kg) even though he finished only 6th in the Clean and Jerk with 145kg as only good attempt. The younger brother of Luis Javier competing in the Men’s 69kg, MOSQUERA LOZANO Jose David (COL) ended up 4th with a Total of

Snatch and Total Youth World Records broken by JIANG Huihua

New Youth World Record was set in the Snatch by the Chinese lifter JIANG Huihua first at 89kg and then raising it to 92. She broke her compatriot’s TIAN Yuan’s (CHN) record from the 2010 IWF World Championships Antalya, TUR at 88kg. Only 1kg behind her, HOU Zhihui (CHN) got the Silver Medal, and tried to challenge JIANG in the Clean and Jerk. Bronze Medallist RI Song Gum (PRK) had some serious difficulties in catching up with the two Chinese lifters being incredibly focused all along the competition. With her best Clean and Jerk at 104kg, she won two other Bronze Medals. In the Clean and Jerk, both Chinese lifters came out for their first attempts on 105kg – good lifts. Going for 110kg for their second attempts – wonderfully executed good lifts again. Third attempts were set to 113kg, bringing the Gold in the Clean and Jerk to HOU by bodyweight over JIANG. The Total Youth World Record (TIAN Yuan (CHN), 204kg, Antalya) was set now to 205kg by JIANG who stood on first place of the podium to take over her well-deserved Gold after 6 good lifts and impressive

First competition day – First Gold for China

With a 126kg Snatch, KRUAITHONG Sinphet (THA) won the gold in the Snatch but only by bodyweight over the Chinese lifter MENG Cheng. Ending with the same 126kg, he missed 127 and 130 for his second and third attempts. Bronze Medal in the Snatch went to SCARANTINO Mirco (ITA) lifting 117kg, and he continued his powerful progress even in the Clean and Jerk. He secured his medal with 145kg, and attempted 148, but it seemed to be too heavy this time. With his Total of 262kg, Mirco got the place of the podium as well as the Bronze! KRUAITONG had only 1 successful lift in the Clean and Jerk at 142kg, still enough for the Silver in the Total. With his first lift in the Clean and Jerk (150kg), 2014 Nanjing YOG Champion and 2015 Junior World Champion was already the ultimate winner in the Men’s 56kg. Still he came out for a second and third attempt at 160kg, but couldn’t control the weight. With his Total of 276kg, he stood on first place of the

IWF Congress in Wroclaw

The International Weightlifting Federation had its Congress yesterday in presence of delegates from 40 countries. After the welcome speech of IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan, PZPC President Mr. Szymon Kolecki followed by PZPC Vice President Mariusz Jedra gave Technical and Program information regarding the 2015 IWF Junior World Championships Wroclaw, POL. Beside the reports of the 3 Committees, the Congress received a detailed report of the Executive Board Meeting meeting held in Lima on the occasion of the 2015 IWF Youth World Championships. A lot of attention was devoted to the IWF Development Program and an updated policy previously approved by the Executive Board for the contributions granted to the Continental Federations was presented to the Congress delegates. Congress delegates also received a detailed report of the Anti-Doping Commission on related matters. A yearly summary highlighting media presence and press activities for the year 2014 and 2015 period was presented to the Congress underlining the involvement of continents in the press publication. An updated report on LIFT THE WORLD – the IWF Documentary on the sport was presented with feedback from viewers. The documentary now reached a viewership of over 260.000 and is available with Russian sublitles while the Spanish and German versions are being finalized. The Congress approved the Financial Statement of 2014 presented by the IWF Financial Advisor and an update of the 2015 Budget as well as the Auditor’s Report for the year 2014 presented by KPMG. Updates were given regarding upcoming events such as: the 2015 IWF World Championships Houston, USA presented by Janis Schmees Burke, CEO Houston Sports Authority and Michael Massik, CEO USAWL, the 2015 IWF Grand Prix & Qualif. Event Fuzhou, CHN, the 2015 IWF Grand Prix 5th President’s Cup Grozny, RUS, the 2016 IWF Youth World Championships Penang, MAS, the 2016 IWF Junior World Championships Tunis, TUN, the 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro,

Robert Nagy turned 75

Weightlifting Family wishes a happy 75th birthday to Robert Nagy. As previous active member of the Technical Committee and Scientific and Research Committee, he was the driving force behind the IWF's technical developments. As former lifter he devoted his life to weightlifting, and aimed for a constant development combining the sport and technology. He created the IWF Technology and Information System used for every major competition. The IWF President and secretariat celebrated with him on the occasion of his