IWF President welcomed LOCOG 2012 officials
IWF President welcomed LOCOG 2012 officials, Ms. Deborah Jevans, Director of Sport and Mr. David Luckes, Head of Sports Competition for a meeting on the London
85 countries on spot
85 countries' athletes take part at the Games as Indian lifter, Ms. Laishram Monika Devi (69kg) was withdrawn from the competition by the Indian Olympic Association. Mubarak Musoke Kivumbi (56kg) from Uganda could not participate as he could not make his bodyweight at the weigh-in. Jaber Saeed Salem (+105kg) will miss the Games as well because of an injury - reported by the Qatar NOC.
Men’s 94 kg: An opened field
Szymon Kolecki (POL) Roman Konstantinov (RUS) Out of the six medalists who won in the last two Olympic Games, only the silver winners, Szymon Kolecki (POL) and Khadzhimurat Akkaev (RUS), are participating in this year's competition. Kolecki also clinched third place in the 2007 WC held in Chiangmai, and second place in the 2006 WC in Santo Domingo. Akkaev has to start in group B. It would not be a surprise if he could manage from group B to come through for a medal. The two are highly expected to claim honors again for their countries. Roman Konstantinov (RUS) is also a competitive weightlifter in this category. He ranked first in both the snatch and total weight at the 2007 WC, and in the 2006 WC he lifted the largest weight in the snatch for a third place finish in the total. The 25-year-old also won the 2007 European Championship in. Yoandry Hernandez(CUB) Also expected to perform well is Yoandry Hernandez(CUB), who clinched first place in the clean and jerk and second in total weight at the 2007 WC.
Jang’s impressive performance resulted five new world records.
Jang Miran (KOR) was absolutely unsatisfied with the fact her name was not mentioned on any type of record list before the last competiton started in +75 kg class. She really had a stong desire to rewrite the record lists and really showed top form setting up five new world and seven Olympic records at the same time at the Beijing Olympics. First she smashed snatch Olympic record by 136 kg. This discipline's former record holder was in Ding Mei Yuan scored 135 kg in Sydney in 2000. The next step was to make a push on Mu's world record of 139 kg lifted in Doha WC in 2006. Jang was succesful with 140 kg. She dominated clean and jerk as well. It was the last time to see Tang's name as a current record holder on the scoreboard as Jang's first lift (175 kg) resulted a new Olympic record of 315 kg in total. Tang Gonghong's clean and jerk world and Olympic record set up in Athens in 2004 (182 kg) was broken by 183 kg. It meant new world and Olympic record in total (323 kg) as weel. By her exceptional performance at her last attempt Jang set up clean and jerk (186 kg) and total (326 kg) world and Olympic record
Women’s +75 kg press conference quotes:
Jang Miran (KOR), gold medallist: "At the moment that I won the gold I felt so happy, because not everyone can win a gold medal. I think of it as a gift from God. I want to thank my parents, my coach, and the crowd today, because every time I came to the platform, the audience cheered for me." Olha Korobka (UKR), silver medallist: "I started my training at age of 9 and now I usually lift 14 tonnes a day. Today we all were lucky to miss any Chinese lifter on the field, otherwise my silver would be just a bronze." Maria Grabovetskaya (KAZ), bronze medallist: "This third place for me is like the first one. We have been working for four years with our coach Alexey Ni and we have achieved very nice result. In London Olympics I will have an even better result. All the three girls of our team won a medal. I think it is
Women’s +75 kg: a real one woman show
Jang Miran (KOR) was the silver medalist in Athens and from that time on the most outstanding lifter in this class. This time she didn't let any lifter come close to her performance. Finally she set a new world record of 140kg for the snatch, then went on to set a new world record of 186kg for the clean and jerk and won the final with a new world record of total weight of 326kg. She wrote her name five times on the world record list and seven times on the Olympic record list. Olha Korobka (UKR) Maria Grabovetskaya (KAZ) 2006 and 2007 WC bronze medalist Olha Korobka (UKR) ranked second with a total weight of 277kg, 49kg less than Jang. 21 year old Maria Grabovetskaya (KAZ) placed third with a total weight of 270kg.
