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 …
Ilya Ilyin Intervew with Yarkin Vyacheslav | Full Transcript Read More »
Three time world champion Chen Lijun hit a 180 kg clean and jerk in training, just 3 kg below his competition best. His best of 183 kg came at the 2015 Houston World Championships following a 150 kg snatch as a 62 kg weightlifter. His total of 333 kg from 2015 gave him a Sinclair …
The 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships will be held from April 18th to 28th in Ningbo China, in the Zhejiang Province. Due to the new Olympic qualification system this year’s Asian Championships is a gold tier Tokyo Olympic qualifying event, providing athletes with a 10% Robi point bonus. Gold (10% Robi bonus) – World and continental …
2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships – Everything You Need To Know Read More »
Last year’s Chinese fall national champion Liu Jiawen just hit a new personal best in the clean and jerk at 210 kg, equal to the jerk PR that he hit a few months ago. This lift is now just six kilos under the world standard in the 89 kg weight class, the only weight class …
Team Iran, who placed third at the 2018 Weightlifting World Championships and second at the 2017 WWCs, have announced their men’s squad for the 2019 Asian Championships on Instagram. The 2019 Asian Championships runs from April 18th to 28th and is a gold-tier Olympic qualification event, meaning that athletes who total will receive a 10% …
Iran Team for Asian Weightlifting Championships – All There Is To Know Read More »
One of the greatest things to have come out of the internet is the free passage of information. Even so it has still taken years for the passing of Chinese weightlifting to flow so easily to our screens. There are now several instagram pages that are doing us great favours in documenting and revealing much …
Weightlifting legend Kianoush Rostami competed this week at the 4th International Fajr Cup just three weeks after competing at the EGAT Cup. The Olympic and world champion opened the snatch with a low 161 kg lift before jumping to and making 172 kg on his second attempt, passing on his 3rd. This also happened to …
*The Schedule and Start List for the Fajr Cup can be found here* The 4th international Fajr Cup 2019 runs from 1st – 5th of March. The Fajr Cup is a silver-level Olympic qualification event with a 5% Robi point bonus (see our Olympic qualification guide for why this matters) As with many international cup level …
The 21 year old Li Dayin just beat teammate Lu Xiaojun’s world record total of 374 kg by a kilo with a 171 / 204 / 375 kg performance at the 2019 IWF World Cup. The young Dayin set a new junior world record in the snatch, furthering his own record by 3 kg, before …
Li Dayin (CN-81) Hits New World Records On Way to Win Read More »
2016 Olympic champion and four time world champion from China Deng Wei just set all new world records at the IWF World Cup. Wei, who has recently moved from her old 63 kg class to the new 64 kg class, went home with all gold medals and world records with a 113 / 141 / …