The 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Manama, Bahrain, ended on Dec. 15, 2024. The competition of the world’s best weightlifters showcased their immense strength and was landmarked by a bevy of world record performances across the men’s and women’s fields...
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Fares Elbakhwon Qatar’s first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting, in the men’s 96kg. The 23-year-old shattered two Games records in the clean and jerk (225kg) and total lift (402kg). Indonesia’sRahmat Erwin Abdullahearned a rare bronze from the B competition of the men’s 73kg ...
DPR Korea finished second with 7 gold, 12 silver and 5 bronze medals. The last day of the competition featured the women's over 87kg and men's over 109kg categories, with China's Li Wenwen making a clean sweep of three gold medals in the women's event. Li succeeded in all her six...
American weight lifter Tommy Kono performing the winning clean and jerk lift to become the World Middleweight Champion at the 1959 World Weightlifting Championships in Warsaw. The origins of modern weightlifting competition are to be found in the 18th- and 19th-century strong men, such asEugene San...
t sure how deep the talent ran in the Asian circuit, check this: The vast majority of all current Senior World Records in Men’s weightlifting are held by Asian athletes. All of the Women’s, save one — RomanianLoredana Toma’s 119-kilogram snatch— are held by women athletes from ...
Many of the world’s best weightlifters achieved world records both on the men’s and women’s side of which we’ve included below. World Records Lifts Men Shi Zhiyong – 73 kg 169 kg/372 lbs snatch Li Dayin – 81 kg 175kg/385 lbs snatch ...
When to watch weightlifting during the 2024 Paris Olympics The events for men’s and women’s weightlifting at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will be held from Wednesday, August 7 to the Sunday, August 11. Men and women will each compete for Olympic medals across five weight classes. ...
Wheelchair Weightlifting Federation, were held August 8-11, at The University of Rhodel Island's Keaney Gymnasium. As the last bar baned down, ten new world records had been set, three in the women's division and seven in the men's. Over 100 athletes from 16 nations attended the ...
"encouraging training atmosphere", according to Yu Jie, the coach of men's team. Zhang Guozheng, the coach of women's team said, "We changed the training plan in responding to the shorter preparation period. Athletes are adapting to the new training and we are extremely careful to prevent...