The final lift of the 2019 World Championships in Pattaya Thailand once again made history, once again by Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia. After snatching a 2 kg world record at 220 kg on his 3rd attempt, equalling the heaviest snatch of all-time held by himself, he went on to clean and jerk 264 kg, adding …
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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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The 76 kg category at the Asian Championships showed the highly anticipated dual between the Zhang Wangli and Rim Jong Sim. Zhang Wangli walked in as the favourite, holding the world records in the clean & jerk and total in both the 71 kg AND the 76 kg category. As a 76 kg lifter Zhang …
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The Chinese 67 Chen Lijun blew his competition out of the park yesterday with an incredible 154 kg world record snatch, a 185 kg world record clean and jerk, and a 339 kg world record total. Last year at the 2018 World Championships Chen made his debut in the new 67 kg class with a …
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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 …
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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 / …
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 …