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A small peek at the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou, China

After the third day of competition, Chinese lifters are dominating the field. According to the medal standings, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has won a total of five, just like their strongest competitor China. The Champion of the 2010 Antalya World Championships Wu Jingbiao (CHN) won the first Weightlifting gold medal in Dongguan Gymnasium on Saturday November 13. He set a new Asian Record in Snatch by performing 1kg more (133 kg) than the previous record holder Long Qingquan (CHN) at the Beijing Olympics. Second place went to Cha Kum Chol from DPR Korea with a Total of 276kg, while the Indonesian lifter Setiadi Jadi settled for the bronze medal. In Women’s 48 kg Wang Mingjuan (CHN) lifted a Total of 210kg and defended her title at the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou. The lifter Laosirikul Pensiri (THA) took the silver while Chen Weiling from Chinese Taipei gained the bronze by lifting almost 20kg less than the gold medalist from China. Zhang Jie (CHN) proved to be the best in Men’s 62kg bodyweight category right before Kim Un Guk (PRK) silver medalist and Irawan Eko Yuli (INA) who finished on the third place. During the second day of competition, in Women’s 53kg the Chinese lifter Li Ping broke two World Records. She performed 103kg in Snatch and broke the previous record set by Ri Song Hui (PRK) in 2002. She secured her gold and broke the record in Total during her second attempt of the Clean & Jerk. Second place went to Chinshanlo Zulfiya (KAZ), and Jaroenrattanatarakoon Prapawadee (THA), Beijing Olympic gold medalist took the bronze. The third day of the Asian Games gave place to Men’s 69kg and Women’s 58kg competitions. Kim Kum Sok lifted a Total of 324kg in Men’s 69kg category and ended up first right before the Iranian lifter Rezaeian Morteza. After raising 143kg in Snatch, Tryatno (INA) lifted 178kg in Clean & Jerk and secured his third place. Competition is at its height, and pressure is still on for those who will perform in the next few

International Tournament in France

The Tournament Denis Randon was created on the idea of Clermont Sports that Yves Randon decided to take back later on. The Tournament to commemorate Denis Randon, the founder of the Weightlifting Club of Clermont l’Hérault will be held on the 30th of October 2010. The city hosts the only International Weightlifting Tournament of France for the eighth time since 1983. The competition will welcome international delegations from Poland, Romanian, Germany and Belgium as well. The ambassador of the French delegation will be Benjamin Hennequin and besides him, Ali el Moujoud and Jean-Baptiste Bardis from Clermont Sports will compete to win the tournament. This year’s competition will be even more exciting since the 2008 Tournament winner Robert Dolega (POL) will challenge to Valeriu Calancea (ROU) the title holder of the previous competition in

The 16th Asian Games are officially opened!

The spectacular Opening Ceremony for the 16th Asian Games, part of the worldwide Olympic movement and governed by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), took place on Friday November 12 in Guangzhou, China. A record number of about 14,000 athletes from 45 countries and territories are participating in 42 sporting disciplines until November 27. Games officials also announced that during The 16 th Asian Games some 3,989 medals will be awarded. The Opening Ceremony was directed by Chen Weiya, previously director of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and was held outside the main stadium on the Haixinsha Island. The Games are ready to dazzle the three million spectators set to watch all of the competition and billions of TV viewers across Asia and around the World. Officials announced that a record number of doping tests will be carried out at the Games. “The Olympic Council of Asia plans for some 1,500 urine tests and probably more than 200 blood tests at the Asian Games”, according to Zhao Jian, deputy head of China’s Anti-Doping Agency.  

IWF will soon start using ADAMS

In order to facilitate the setup and to familiarize with the System the IWF will distribute logins to all NFs in the course of November. ADAMS will become obligatory for all IWF National Federations from the 1st of April 2011 For more information about ADAMS go to http://www.wada-ama.org/en/ADAMS/and for help please contact

Mediterranean Weightlifting Cup in Malta

The 5th Men's and Women's Mediterranean Weightlifting Cup was held in Bormla, Malta from the 22nd until the 25th of October 2010.   Lifters out of 9 countries participated to the competition. According to the Team Classification, Turkey finished as first followed by Italy, Israel and Malta who managed to take the respectable 4th place. All teams received a participation Trophy.   Dr. Tamás Aján, IWF President attended the competition that took place in the Cottonera Sports Complex. Besides him Dr. Hasan Akkus, Vice President of the IWF, Dr. Ammar Addidi President of the Mediterranean Games, Maurizio Lo Buono President of the Mediterranean Weightlifting Confederation and Dr.Khaled Mehmed Mahlhel President of African Weightlifting Federation also attended the wonderfully organized event.     Under the IWF Development Program, the Malta Weightlifting Association also organized a seminar during the Cup about “New skills for developing Weightlifting”.   The course for trainers and athletes coming from the Mediterranean Sea area was very successful, and was based on scientific evaluation methods with the aim of improving sports performance.   It created the opportunity of learning and promoting the acquisition of useful technical skills and knowledge. Representatives from all present countries attended the high quality course.   You can check the results on the official website of the Malta Weightlifting

Pawina’s Wedding

The Youth Olympic Games Athlete Role Model, Ms. Pawina THONGSUK was wearing her graceful bridal gown on November 4th in Bangkok, Thailand where she married to Mr. Sares LIMKANGWANMONGKOL, former member of the national fencing team at the Army Sport Club in Bangkok. After winning the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in the 75kg bodyweight category, the now 31 year old weightlifter finished first at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships in the 63kg. Her husband, Sares gold medalist in fencing at the Southeast Asian Games and bronze medalist at the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar is now working as a television sport correspondent for MCOT. They first met during the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, Korea and ever since then the two sportsmen worked on establishing the bond of their common life. The Weightlifting Family is pleased to congratulate to the newly wed couple and wishes a happy married life to