Not long before Ilya Ilyin announced his retirement from the sport of weightlifting due to the complications of Olympic qualification brought on by Covid-19, I was able to sit down with him and record an interview about his life. We spoke about his childhood and training process in part 1, and more in part 2 …
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The contentious Ilya Ilyin competed today at the 2019 Kazakh National Championships in the -102 kg weight class, one class above the -96kg weight class in which he will compete next month at the 2019 Weightlifting World Championships in Thailand. Ilya has continued to progress in the snatch, consistently adding 5 kg from each previous …
The IWF has released the latest version of the anti-doping violation counts for nations since 2008. This sets restrictions on the maximum number of athletes these nations can qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. See our qualifying guide for more details. Nations with fewer than ten anti-doping violations since July 2008 can qualify a maximum …
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The entry list has been published for the Japan-China-Korea Friendship Tournament – the test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. This competition, which runs from 6th – 7th July 2019 is a silver-level qualifying competition for the 2020 Olympics. That means it carries a 5% Robi point bonus for those who compete at it. As …
The national team for Kazakhstan has been announced for the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships April 18th to 28th. Learn more about the team and each athlete’s career and standings. M55 Arli Chontey Arli has already competed twice during the first Olympic qualification system. Once successfully, the other less so. At the 2018 World Championships Arli …
This is part 2 of the Ilya Ilyin interview by Yarkin Vyacheslav. Yarkin gave Weightlifting House permission to translate and publish this interview in order to help spread Ilya’s thoughts on various topics to the English speaking world. You can check out part 1 here. With the help of Tyler Hodgin, aka our Kazakh correspondent, …
Kazakhstan has announced their team for the 2019 Asian Championships, to be held later this month in Nigbo, China. Only one man and one woman can represent Kazakhstan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, due to anti-doping violations. This means that qualification competitions like this are critical for these athletes to rank as highly as possible …
InsideTheGames are reporting that Kazakhstan weightlifting officials will meet with representatives of the International Olympic Committee to ask them to allow additional Kazakh weightlifters to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Kazakhstan is currently limited to a maximum of just one male and one female weightlifter in Tokyo due to their poor anti-doping record. See …
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InsideTheGames has reported that the Kazakhstan Weightlifting Federation has agreed not to continue its opposition to the Olympic weightlifting qualification system introduced in 2018. It had been pursuing an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. As we explain in our Tokyo 2020 Qualification Guide, the new system was partly designed to make it …
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Ilya Ilyin is currently training in Sochi, Russia, alongside his teammate Nijat Rahimov in preparation for the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships. Alongside Ilya are as few of the Russian national team members including Yarkin Vyacheslav (- 81 kg), who famously snatched 170 kg weighing 76 kg aged 18. A few weeks ago Yarkin Vyacheslav spoke …
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