The Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) has claimed that issues with securing USA visas for their athletes and coaches prevented them from fielding a team for the World Youth Weightlifting Championships, held in Las Vegas from 8th to 15th March 2019. In an interview with TASS, the President of the RWF said: “The federation [RWF] started its work …
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The new coaches challenge system has come into action for the first time – marking a significant shift in weightlifting, where previously referees decisions were only subject to review by a jury of other technical officials. At the Youth World Championships in Las Vegas, the Men’s 67 kg category was halted after the first clean …
This page will be updated with any records broken at the 2019 Youth World Championships. The IWF Youth World Championships is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, running from March 8th-15th. Youth weightlifting constitutes athletes aged 13 to 17 throughout the entire calendar year of the performance.Youth World Records and Youth World Standards.W Nearly fifty …
Check out the start list here The IWF Youth World Championships is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, running from March 8th-15th. Youth weightlifting constitutes athletes aged 13 to 17 throughout the entire calendar year of the performance.Youth World Records and Youth World Standards. World records set at this competition Nearly fifty countries are represented …
The IWF Youth World Championships 2019 will see the first use of video replay technology by juries to adjudicate lifts. Under changes to the IWF rules for 2019, juries will have access to instant replays from at least four cameras, which they will be able to use to decide whether or not a lift was …
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Get the results here The IWF has released the entry list for the 2019 World Youth Weightlifting Championships, to be held in Las Vegas from 8–15 March 2019. Nearly fifty countries are represented among more than two hundred entries in the under-seventeen competition. The youngest competitor is New Zealand’s Jamie Watson, who will still be …