Cutting ahead of the medal favorites, North-Korean JIN Yunseong won the Snatch with 397kg in the men’s 102kg category this Wednesday at the World Championships in Thailand but clinched the overall Gold from Belorus TSIKHANSOU Yauheni, European Champion this year in 96kg category.
The multiple Olympic and World Champion VALENTIN PEREZ Lidia could not defend her title in the women’s 81kg at the World Championships in Pattaya, where she was defeated by Columbian SOLIS ARBOLEDA Leidy Yessenia, not only in the first lift but in Total as well.
The North Korean RIM Jong Sim won the women’s 76kg bodyweight category competition on Tuesday at the Senior World Championships in Pattaya, THA. The 2019 Asian Champion and Silver Medallist at last year’s WWC gained a significant advance in the Snatch over her biggest rival...
China now won in 8 bodyweight categories (men and women) so far at the 2019 IWF World Championships in Pattaya. On the seventh day of the competition, TIAN Tao stood on the top podium. In the Snatch...
The nine medals were split between six lifters in the men’s 89kg bodyweight category today in Pattaya. In the tight competition in the Snatch, Georgian DAVITADZE Revaz proved to be the best with 172kg cutting ahead of Belarus and Venezuelan rivals...
It is the first time in 40 years, that two women stood on the podium on a World Championships! NYE Katherina Elizabeth and ROGERS Martha Ann wrote their names in the history books in the women’s 71kg competition on the sixth day of the WWC in Pattaya.
DENG Wei broke the World Records five times and defended her World Champion title in the women’s 64kg bodyweight category. The 26-years-old Chinese, who already held the World Records in both lifts and in Total when she arrived in Pattaya...
Chinese LYU Xiaojun triumphed in the men’s 81kg battle on the fifth day of the World Championships. The 35-years-old who previously won four golds and came to Pattaya as a title defender, finished at 171kg in the Snatch, achieving the result before his compatriot, LI Dayin.
The five-times World Champion Chinese athlete, SHI Zhiyong achieved an overwhelming victory in the men’s 73kg bodyweight category on the fourth day of the IWF World Championships in Pattaya. The 25-year-old only came out for his first attempt in the Snatch when the other participants were done.
KUO Hsing-Chun (TPE) defended her World Champion title this Saturday on the World Championships in Pattaya. The Asian Champion, who won at the Worlds two times in a row, was defeated in the Snatch by her North-Korean rival...
LIAO Qiuyun (CHN) gained the World Champion title in the women’s 55kg bodyweight category on the third day of the World Championships in Pattaya. The Silver Medallist was ZHANG Wanqiong. The 2018 World Champion ZHANG finished at 99kg in the Snatch...
Chinese CHEN Lijun defended his World Champion title in Total at the World Championships in Thailand on Friday, achieving this despite he was not first in either of the lifts. In the Snatch, the 26-years-old Chinese finished at 150kg, but ISMAYILOV Daniyar (TUR) performed the same before him.