2015 World Championship: Men, 77KG
The line up in the 77KG weight class was very impressive. There were 6 athletess at the medal ceremonies after it was over. In fact, several notorious athletes were to join the battle for...
The line up in the 77KG weight class was very impressive. There were 6 athletess at the medal ceremonies after it was over. In fact, several notorious athletes were to join the battle for...
Team China won another gold medal at the 2015 IWF World Championship in Houston, TX. 22-year-old Zhiyong Shi lifted 348kg total (158+190) and became a World Champion for the first time in his career....
Boyanka Kostova brought a gold medal for Team Azerbaijan with a 252KG total. Boyanka Kostova is originally from Bulgaria and represents weightlifting school that used to dominate this sport in the previous decade. 252KG...
Om Yun Chol (PRK, M56kg) sets a new WR with a 171kg/376lb C&J. pic.twitter.com/0mLEJUf5rN — FloElite (@Flo_Elite) November 22, 2015
Chen Lijun with a World Record 183kg/403lb C&J at 62kg bw! pic.twitter.com/Ua4GCLuBeC by FloElite (@Flo_Elite) November 23, 2015
Second day of competitions for class A athletes in Houston, TX brought another set of world records. In the men’s 62KG weightclass, Lijun Chen broke world records in clean-and-jerk and total. New featherweight champion...
The podium of medal winners in the women’s 53KG looked happy. Shu-Ching Hsu from Taipei and Xiaoting Chen showed the same total of 221KG. Hsu was lighter on her bodyweight and won the gold....
When Team Spain arrived to Houston, TX for the 2015 World Championship in Olympic weightlifting, the web exploded with pictures of Lidia Valentin in the training hall. Lidia is one of the Team Spain...
Very much like for 56KG class, women’s medal stand for 48KG was represented by Asian countries. 17-year-old Huihua Jiang won gold for China. Thi Huyen Vuong from Vietnam and Hiromi Miyake from Japan won...
Houston, TX gave a warm and classy welcome to the World Championship of Olympic weightlifters. Olympic weightlifters responded with setting two outstanding world records in the first day of the competitions of the Class...