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Mediterranean Games 3rd day: A very interesting competition in men’s 77 kg. Snatch with 3 Mediterranean Games records

A very interesting competition in men's 77 kg. Snatch with 3 Mediterranean Games records: YAGCI Semih (TUR) 154 kg, ABDELAZIM Tarek (EGY) 155 kg, QERIMAJ Erkand (ALB) 156 kg. Clean and Jerk: ABDELBAKI Ibrahim (EGY) 187 kg, ABDELAZIM Tarek (EGY) 188 kg, 190 kg, finally QERIMAJ Erkand (ALB) lifted 193 kg. ABDELBAKI Ibrahim (EGY) equalled 193 kg and as he was 20 dkg lighter than his Albanian rival ang got the gold medal. Women 63 kg snatch was dominated by AHMED Esmat (EGY) however the first Mediterranean Games was set up by SIMSEK Sibel (TUR) 97 kg. Her Egyptian rival was strong enough to snatch 98 kg, 101 kg and 103 kg.Clean and jerk New Mediterranean records: 121 kg SIMSEK Sibel (TUR) and 125 kg AHMED Esmat (EGY). Esmat Ahmet's results are African records.Results:

Balti Cup 2nd day

Men 85- +105 kg.1) Viktors Scerbatihs Latvia 431,900p. (422, 192+230), 2) Vitalijs Kovtuns Latvia 388,290 (327, 147+180), 3) Marcin Gabrys Poland 386,906 (343, 150+193), 4) Antti Everi Finland 352,945 (345, 155+190), 5) Kacper Wiejak Poland 349,127 (315, 140+175), 6) Andres Viksi Estonia 301,517 (251, 118+133), 7) Kaido Pantelejev Estonia 294,586 (244, 112+132), Miika Antti-Roiko no result  Teampoints: Poland 130, Finland 115, Estonia 114, Latvia 78, Norway 67, Sweden

Mediterranean Games 2nd day: Turkish and Albanian gold among women

Turkish and Albanian gold among women The Turkish Olympic Champion Taylan Nurcan has given Turkey 2 gold medals at the 2009 Pescara Mediterranean Games. She came first in the 53 kg category in the snatch event, lifting 88 and 90 kg at the Pescara Sports Stadium during the first day of the competition. She later won his second gold medal by lifting 109, 112 kg in the clean and jerk event. All results are Mediterranean records. In 58 kg category Romela Begaj (Albania) won gold in snatch by 92, later 95 kg (Mediterranean records). Frenchman DABAYA-TIENTCHEU Vencelas was unbeatable in 69 kg. He snatched 148 later 150 kg. Both results are Mediterranean Games records. The world champion had another record of 186 kg in clean and jerk as well.Results:

Mediterranean Games 1st day: Tunisian and Turkish weightlifter wins 2-2 gold medals

  The Tunisian weightlifter El Maoui Khalil  has given Tunisia 2 gold medals at the 2009 Pescara Mediterranean games held in the Italian city from June 26 through July 5, 2009. El Maoui Khalil came first in the 56 kg category in the snatch event, lifting 121 kg at the Pescara Sports Stadium during the first day of the competition. He later won his second gold medal by lifting 145 kg in the clean and jerk event. Both results are Mediterranean records. In 62 kg category Erol Belgin (Turkey) won gold in snatch by 138 kg (Mediterranean record). Results: http://www.pescara2009.it/results/ Photo by

All in white!

In April 2004 shortly before the Olympics in Athens Andre Rohde and Ivonne Heiden saw each other for the first time during a Bundesliga match in Berlin . Ivonne, German Champion gymnast (member of German team placed 3rd at Euro 2000) saw a live weightlifting competition for the first time in her life.In February 2005 Ivonne drove to Andre or better to say "Rudi" to see him. Two weeks later Rudi went to Berlin to visit his Ivonne, it was "love at third sight". "Rudi" (born 18.08. 1975 in Görlitz, Sachsen) was placed 11th in 105 kg (395kg) in 2004 Athens Olympic Games. In December 2005 Ivonne followed Rohde to Leimen. On 2 October 2006 at the World Championships in Santo Domingo during the first snatch (168 kg) "Rudi" suffered a serious injury. After the operation Rohde started his rehabilitation program and Ivonne fully supported him. For "Rudi"s perfect treatment Ivonne learnt a lot about weightlifting to understand "Rudi"s shoulder and arm problems better.In December 2007 at the German championships in Obrigheim at the closing ceremony Andre "Rudi" Rohde stepped on the stage with a bouquet of roses in his hand and asked for Ivonne's hand. They married in Berlin this June. A lot of celebrities of German sports life were present: Manfred Nerlinger, Detlef Blasche, Frank Schlizio, Peter Käks, Ingo Steinhoefel, Marc Huster, Axel Franz, Alexander Ober Kirsch, Martin Herberg, Christian Thomas, Michael Thomas, Nicole Trux, Catharina Grossmann, Lars Betke and European Championships swimmer Jens Kruppa. (Conny

Baltic Cup, 1. day

Weigthlifting Baltic Cup in Pori Finland 27.-28.6.2009  Results:  Women. 1) Ruth Kasirye Norway 291,051 sinclairpoints (total 236  kg, 106+130), 2) Mariete Gotfried Poland 252,450 p. (204 , 94+110), 3) Sabina Baginska Poland 227,221 p. (222, 100+122),4) Heidi Harju Finland 226,325 (182, 84+98), 5) Annika Berntsson Sweden 222,269 (192, 85+107), 6) Anna Everi Finland 213,337 (162, 72+90), 7) Madeleine Ahlner Sweden 186,914 (158, 70+88), 8) Jevgenia Alekseejeva Estonia 170,431 (135, 65+79), 9) Ave Bombul Estonia 146,091 (87, 35+52) Men 56 - 77 kg. 1) Johan Nyström Finland 390,896 p. (310, 137+173), 2) Mihails Semjonovs Latvia 371,247(279, 122+157), 3) Toni Lintula Finland 338,229 (235, 105+130), 4) Sergei Rumjantsev Estonia 327,056 (243, 113+130), 5) Adam Sarzynski Poland 326,986 (238, 100+138), 6) Yngve Apneseth Norway 325,519 (258, 117+141), 7) Steinar Kvame Norway 323,715 (258, 117+141), 8) Ain Pent Estonia 310,456 (245, 105+140),  9) Lukasz Wawrzeczko Poland 309,897 (235, 105+130) Teampoits: Finland 93, Poland 86, Estonia 75, Norway 67 Sweden 40, Latvia