This is part one in the new Weightlifting House YouTube series where we take you into the most competitive, most elite training hall in the world at the Weightlifting World Championships 2019. Each day hundreds of the greatest weightlifters in the world, and a small handful of the greatest of all-time, train side by side, …
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The 49th ‘Challenge 210’ takes place next week in Tramelan, Switzerland, October 24-27th. This competition is a bronze tier qualifying event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and acts as one of the six necessary competitions that can fulfill qualification. Amongst those on the start list for this competition are China’s A-team, a team that comprises …
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We have been spoiled by the number of international competitions and the incredible lifts from the month of April. Due to the new Olympic qualification system that was implemented last year, all of the continental championships ended up changing their competition dates to the month of April. They did this in order to fit into …
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Russian super-heavyweight Tatiana Kashirina has had the run of the category for over half a decade but at the IWF World Cup in Fuzhou, she was beaten by not one but two Chinese athletes. Meng Suping took the win 140/185 for a 325 kg total while teenager Li Wenwen picked up silver with 142/182 for …
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Below is the complete list of results from the 2019 IWF World Cup in Fuzhou China (Feb 22 – 27). This was a silver tier qualification event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games meaning that that it offered a 5% Robi point bonus to athletes who competed. Silver level competitions include Cups, Games, and Regional …