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Weightlifting for Sports course to be held in Halmstad

From 7-9 June 2013, a course entitled “Weightlifting for Sports” will be held in Halmstad, Sweden. The venue to host the course will be the Eleiko Sports Center. GENERAL OVERVIEW: This course is suitable for Strength & Conditioning /Sports Performance Practitioners, Health & Fitness Professionals, Crossfitters and Sports Coaches who are introducing people to Olympic weightlifting movements and exercises for sports and the Fitness market. It provides each participant with a body of knowledge and practical expertise to enable them to introduce an athlete to the Olympic Lifts. The course will cover programming principles: Olympic lifting techniques: Coaching methodology: Progressive resistance exercises to develop coordination, technique and power: Equipment selection and Health & Safety guidelines. More information

IWF President at the European Championships

Straight from the 2013 IWF Youth World Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, IWF President Dr. Tamas Ajan went directly to the European Championships in Tirana, Albania. Mr. Gudar Beqiraj, President of the Albanian Academy of Sciences, Honorary President of the Albanian Weightlifting Federation invited the IWF President to pay a visit to the Albanian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Tamas Ajan also visited the Prime Minister of Albania, Mr. Sali Berisha and Bujar Nishani President of the Republic of Albania with Mr. Elez Gjoza, Albanian Weightlifting Federation President. We congratulate to the new Albanian Weightlifting Federation for their great success to prepare and organize the European Championships in Tirana - the very first in the history of Albania in any sports. The European Championships concluded with the participation of 187 athletes. The Results can be found

Last Competition day at the 2013 IWF YWC

Women’s 69kg DAJOMES BARRERA Neisi Patricia who will be 15 years old in May won 3 Gold Medals for Ecuador. With 6 good lifts, she ended the competition with a Total of 206kg. In the Snatch, only the Chinese KONG Dongying could follow lifting 90kg. KONG did 111kg in the Clean & Jerk and was close to the Silver Medal. However, ending the competition with 201kg in the Total – same as HULPAN Florina-Sorina (ROU), she only took the third place due to heavier bodyweight. Men’s 94kg RASHIDI DOLISKANI Milad (IRI) took the lead in the Snatch with 160kg, which is 4kg more than the Russian SOLOVEV Nikita’s lift. The Clean & Jerk brought the victory for the Russian SOLOVEV Nikita who won by bodyweight lifting 179kg - exactly the same as RASHIDI DOLISKANI. After willing to jump directly from 179 to 190, none of them could take the good lift being too heavy for both. The 4kg advantage from the Snatch was enough for RASHIDI DOLISKANI to win the competition in the Total. All three Bronze Medals went to the other Iranian lifter FAZLI KOSALARI Amir Hossein for his Total of 328kg. Women’s +69kg Youth World Champion in 2011 and in 2012, NOGAY Nadezhda (KAZ) defended her title and became once again World Champion in 2013. Even the impressive strength of the Ukrainian DEKHA Iryna and her Gold Medal in the Snatch won by bodyweight couldn’t take the victory away from her. Third place was awarded to WANG Xijing (CHN) who lifted 212kg; 29kg less than the Gold Medallist NOGAY. Men’s +94kg The Men’s +94kg was the competition of MARTIROSYAN Simon (ARM) and SOLEYMANI Alireza (IRI). The two athletes had only 1kg difference after the Snatch, the Armenian lifter dominated the Snatch with 8kg more than any other competitor in this category. MARTIROSYAN won the Gold with a Total of 365kg. SOLEYMANI won the Silver Medal with two good lifts, while three Bronze Medals went to ABUBAKAROV Selimkhan (KAZ) who ended with

Europe and Africa in the Gold Medal count

Women’s 63kg The 3 Gold Medals went to SAMIR ELSAYED Sara (EGY) who lifted an impressive 21kg more than the Silver Medallist CEN Yanfeng (CHN). CEN, only 8th place after the Snatch stood up on the second place of the podium with a Total of 200kg. Bronze Medal winner CANTU Jennifer (MEX) celebrated her birthday on the platform and was awarded the Bronze Medal for her Total of 199kg. Men’s 77kg The Russian KHUGAEV Khetag was unstoppable. Taking the lead in the Snatch with 8kg, he continued increasing his advantage in the Clean & Jerk. He stood on the highest stage of the podium with a Total of 312kg. Third place went to the Indian lifter RAGALA Venkat Rahul who did only 1kg less (296kg) than the Silver Medallist Kazakh lifter AMIRBEKOV Ayat who ended with 297kg. Men’s 85kg The competition was very balanced in the Snatch between DEHGHANGHAHFAROKHI Alireza (IRI) and CHENG Yixiong (CHN). The Iranian lifter winning the Gold with only 1kg more than CHEN (146kg, 147kg) defeated him in the Total with 319kg for DEHGHANGHAHFAROKHI against 312kg for the Chinese lifter. In the Clean & Jerk, PIZZOLATO Antonino (ITA) showed an impressive strength taking the Silver Medal with 172kg even though it wasn’t enough to stand on the podium for the Total where he finished 4th. Third in the Snatch and 4th in the Clean & Jerk, the Russian MATJUSHIN Alexander won the Bronze Medal in the Total with

The Asian success continues

Women’s 58kg After three good lifts in the Snatch, INTAMAT Kamonchanok (THA) won her first Gold with 86kg. The Egyptian lifter EL SAYED RASHED Esraa lifted the same weight; however she only ended second because of heavier bodyweight. WEI Chengyu (CHN) was only third after the Snatch with 1kg less, but caught the leaders in the Clean & Jerk. Gold Medal in the Total was again awarded to the Chinese lifter being lighter than her Thai opponent. Both INTAMAT and WEI lifted 194kg. Bronze Medal went to the 15 year old DURAN Ana from Mexico. Men’s 69kg LINDER Albert (KAZ) took the lead in the Snatch with 135kg leaving the second place to the Chinese lifter SUN Youfu. Only 6th after the Snatch, ADEL MOHAMED Ahmed (EGY) lifted his way up to the second place of the podium and earned the Silver for a Total of 289kg. Celebrating his birthday on the platform, SUN won a Bronze Medal in the

China and People’s Republic of Korea share medals out

Women’s 48kg All competitors already finished their competition in the Snatch when the two Chinese lifters YU Linglong and QIU Liling came out for their first attempts. Very disciplined and showing an impressive technique, YU Linglong – only 13 years old – won 3 Gold Medals and ended with a Total of 173kg while QIU Liling with 171kg. Bronze Medal went to SUKCHAROEN Thunya from Thailand with 162kg. Men’s 56kg The Thai lifter SRIPHAT Teerasak was the only athletes in the Men’s 56kg to perform 6 good lifts. Only 5th after the Snatch, he won the Bronze in the Clean & Jerk and ended the competition with a Total of 235kg. NGUYEN Tran Anh Tuan (VIE), Silver Medallist in the Snatch couldn’t make it to the podium in the Total. Third and fourth place in the Snatch went to lifters from group B. The Colombian SANCHEZ Nicolas won Bronze while 4th place went to Kazakh lifter KHASSAROV Timur. The ranking determined by the Clean & Jerk stayed for the Total. MAYORA PERNIA Julio Ruben (VEN) won the Silver Medal with a Total of 231kg while VIZITIU Daniel Florin (ROU) won the Bronze. Women’s 53kg Women’s 53kg bodyweight category displayed an impressive and struggling fight between LIN Binglian (CHN) and RIM Un Sim (PRK). No one could take the lead on the podium. LIN won with a Total of 187kg lifting 1kg more in the Snatch and 1kg more in the Total than the lifter from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Bronze Medallist in the Snatch, the Venezuelan lifter ZABALA ZABALA Yorlis Yaidelyn lifted 10kg less than the Gold winner LIN. Bronze Medallist in the Clean & Jerk and in the Total, GOMEZ Janeth (MEX) was only 8th after the Snatch, but could come back to the podium and ended with a Total of 167kg. Men’s 62kg The competition was highly competitive in the Snatch, while both KWON Yong Gwang (PRK) and EMAD GOUDA Ahmed (EGY) lifted 116kg. KWON won the Gold by bodyweight however in the Clean & Jerk he took the lead with 142kg. His Total was 6kg more than the Total of EMAD GOUDA winner of the Silver Medal. With a Total of 250kg, third place went to MAKEYEV Mikhail