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The Asian Interclub Championships
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The 6 th series of the Asian Interclub Weightlifting Championships in the Junior Category and the 9 th series of these battles in the senior section were held by the presence of the Weightlifting most interested countries of the ancient Continent. By the witnesses of the presents, the competitions involved the high level so that so many people evaluated it in the World Championships level. The presence of 2008 Beijing Olympic two champions from S.Korea named SA Jaehyouk in Men's 77kg. Category and Jang Miran in Women's +75 kg. By itself is another confirmation to this idea. At the same time, some countries' Beijing Olympic delegates were present in Go Yang competitions but were influenced by the performance of the other weightlifters in order to be proved that how the level of this period of Interclub competitions were high. The space between the totally haltered weights by some athletes in the related categories (particularly in Men) and the records of 2008 Olympic Champions was less than 20 kilos and were different from the World records by the same amount. For instance, in +105 kg. Category of the Asian Interclub Junior, if the haltered weights of Saeid Ali Hosseini _ the phenomenon of the competitions from Iran, were registered in Beijing Olympic, undoubtedly he was placed in the fourth position. This weight lifter could lift 205 kilos in Snatch, which was 2 kilos more than the record of STEINER Matthias the German 2008 Beijing Olympic Champion. He also released unluckily the barbell in his third attempt to lift the 260 kg. In +105 senior category in Clean & Jerk movement, which if it took place in this case he could have lifted 2 kilos more than the German weightlifter in Clean & Jerk. Whilst the records of the Men's extra heavy category are 213kg. In Snatch, 263 in Clean & Jerk and 476 in Total movements.
It should be said that in general, holding the Asian Interclub Weightlifting Competitions with this quality, has directed the glance of the world people to this continent more than before and has proved the special position of the weightlifting sport in the most populated continent of the world.
14/11/2008
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Holding the Asian Weightlifting Federation's
50 th Establishment Anniversary
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The ceremony of AWF 50 th Establishment Anniversary was held magnificently in Go Yang city in S. Korea. This splendid ceremony was held before the the Asian Interclub Championships began in which Sheikh Sulatan Bin Al Mejrin the AWF President and Ali Moradi the AWF General Secretary lectured about the history and the function of AWF within the past half century. Keeping on the ceremony, Yeo Mu-nam the KWF President and the honorary President of AWF and Kang Hyun_suk the respectable Mayor of Go yang city by welcoming to the audience offered a brief lecture in this relation. At the same time some statues as memorial were awarded to some authorities and AWF endeavoring fellows. At the end of the ceremony, there was a considerable entertainment and the 50 th Establishment Anniversary's Special Cake was cut and hand out among some audience who were present in one of the halls of Kintex Sport Complex. It is remarkable, according the experts certifications this sport, the Asian Weightlifting within its professional activities, has spent its best performance era in the recent years and the continent weightlifter's results in 2008 Beijing Olympic is the firm confirmation for this matter.
15/11/2008
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President & General Secretary Message |
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In behalf of the Asian weightlifting federation family we would like to extend our congratulation to the Korean weightlifting federation for cordially hosting the 13 th asian junior women's & 21 st junior men's & 10 th Asian youth (boys & Girls) weightlifting championships & to the organizing committee chaired by the City Mayor of jeonju Mr. Song Ha Jin For entrusting the AWF to hold this very significant event in the historical city of jeonju which gained the reputation as the “ Royal City” in Korea & very Known to it's splendid nature, historical sites and unique stone monuments.
Truly it is our pleasure to welcome all our weightlifters, coaches, officials, friends & colleagues from the many weightlifting federation & guests all over Asia.
And this year's AWF Congress & Asian Championships foster camaraderie & cooperation between our countries & organization as well as strengthen our beloved sport of weightlifting.
To all our excited athletes, coaches & team who will be competing in this game, we you all the SUCESS & GOOD LUCK.
Also, We are sincerely asking all the technical official that will be working during the competition to maintain fair & just decision.
Once again, CONGRATULATION to the organizer & participants.
27/11/2008
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Iran's And S. Korea's Delegates,
the Champions of The Asian Interclub Championships
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Go yang City, in Korea was the host of the Asian Interclub Championships this year. Go Yang, which in S. Korea is known FLOWER and in 2009 the World Flower Exhibition will be held in, was entertaining 186 men and women athletes in the two categories of Junior and Senior from 31Oct.to 6 Nov. These series of competitions which were the 6 th of the Junior one and the 9 th of the Senior one of the Asian Interclub Championships have a considerable growth in comparison with the former periods whether in quality or in quantity aspects. Last year in the Syria battles 133 athletes from 10 countries were participated in the competitions, but in this set 162 weightlifters from 18 countries were present which among them the 2008 Olympic Champion and several Olympic lifters were seen. In the end of the 2008 Asian Interclub Championships, in the Junior category, Korea A, Korea B and China Representative, respectively with 545, 511 and 240 points allocated the first, second and the third places to themselves in the Women's section. In the Men's section the Clubs of Oil Ahvaz Company from Iran, NIDC from Iran and Korea A respectively with 540, 539 and 442 points got the first to the third. In the Senior category, the clubs of Korea A, Waseda from Japan and China respectively with 296, 273 and 227 points stood on the first, second and the third stands of Women, and in the Men's section the clubs of Oil Ahvaz Company from Iran, Korea A and China respectively with 582, 559 and 546 points got the first, second and the third positions. It is said that Jeonju city in Korea will be the witness of holding the Asia Youth and Junior Championships less than a month.
11/11/2008
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Alarm bell for the
World's Extra—Heavy Weights
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In the recent Asian Interclub Weightlifting Competitions , a noticeable and making happy happening occurred for the Asians . Appearing a new extra –heavy holder lifter phenomenon the ancient continent in these competitions took place. Saeid Ali Hosseini the 20 years old ,Iranian Weightlifter ,with haltering 205 kg. in the Snatch and 241 kg. in Clean & Jerk , with 446 in total ,moreover than gaining the three gold medals in +105 kg. Asian Junior category , improved the World Records in each three movements . Before him , the record holder of the Snatch and total movements in the World Junior +105 kg. was Evgeny Pisarev from Russia who could halter the weights of 197 kg. and 431 kg. two months ago in Durres City on 20/9/2008 . The record holder of the Clean and Jerk in the World Junior Category ,was Artem Vdachin from Ukraine who could lift the weight of 240kg. in Prague 8 years ago on 09/07/2008 . Saeid Ali Hosseini take part in the Asian Senior Interclub Championships as well and by haltering 200kg. in Snatch , 242 kg. in the Clean & Jerk and 442 kg. in total , by gaining three other gold medals , could improve 1 kilo the record of the World Junior Clean & Jerk in +105 kg. category which was belonged to himself. Now , he with the records of 205 kg. in the Snatch , 242 kg. in the Clean & Jerk and 446 kg. in total , is considered as the record holder of the three sections in +105 kg. the World Junior. Saeid Ali Hosseini in the Go Yang Competitions was known as the Competitions Phenomenon for three times in both Junior and Senior Categories and got a statue .
14/11/2008
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India , South Korea and Japan
the Record Holders of Olympics
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From 1936 and it was in Berlin that the Asian entered into the Olympic Weightlifting Competitions. In that year , it was the Chinese that for the first time experienced their presence in the Olympic Weightlifting Competitions and now after passing 72 years , this most populated Country of the world is known as the Champions of both Men's and Women's categories in Olympic . But by considering the numbers of the participation in the Olympics, we have to confess that the three countries of India , Japan and the South Korea , with 14 times presence in the Competitions are the record holders of this category. Of course the Indian had no representative in the 2008 Beijing Olympic so the Koreans and Japanese reached to its record. In the Beijing Olympic Games, the countries such as Tajikistan, and Vietnam could succeed to have representatives in the Weightlifting while before it they have had no experience in this field. Of course the Vietnamese have had the record of presence in the Women's Competitions in Olympic but Tajikistan have had no experience neither in Men's nor in Women's categories in the previous Olympic Competitions.
23/10/2008
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A New Experience
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The country of Philippine owned a new experience in the 2008 Beijing Olympic. They let a Woman lifter participate in the Competition named DIAZ Haidilyn . This Pilipino athlete who has participated in 58 kg. Category became the eleventh with 192 kg. ,but she caused her country owns a new experience. In fact it was the first time that Philippine has a representative in the Women's Olympic Weightlifting. It is remarkable that the Women's Weightlifting Battles started in 2000 and with the Competitions of Sidney was added to the Olympic Competitions. About the Women's Olympic Weightlifting we have to mention that all the present teams in 2008 Athens Olympic were present in the 2008 Olympic too except the teams of Myanmar and India. Of course the Indians were deprived from participating in the competitions in the last days to the beginning of the competitions. Up to now, 13 Asian countries have had the experience of participating in the Olympic Women Weightlifting that have had brilliant result and have gained some colorful medals.
23/10/2008
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An Asian, the youngest Champion
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LONG Qingquan the Chinese eighteen years-old lifter in 56kg. category in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Men's Weightlifting owned the gold medal of this weight. , He allocated the record of the youngest Olympic Weightlifting Champion to himself as well. He was born on the 3 rd of December in 1990 and with 18 years old is considered as the youngest Olympic Champion in this field. He is also the record holder of the World Junior in the Snatch and in Total movements in 56 kg. . In the Women's section also, another Chinese is the record holder: LIU chunhong ,who owned the gold medal of the Women's 69kg. in the 2004 Athens Olympic , when she was 19 years old , in this weight achieved the gold medal . She is 23 years old now . Of course LIU chunhong lifted 275.5 kg. in overall but this year she by haltering 286 kg. could improve the records of the Olympic for 5 times and the records of the World for five times as well in 69kg. category . the Chinese Champion was born in 1985.
05/10/2008
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Dr. Tamas Ajan's Message
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Dr.Tamas Ajan the president of International Weightlifting Federation, in an important message to the authorities and the Confederation Members, by congratulating this theme, reminisced about the Asian's honors and glories in different Olympic and World courts. Likewise, he hoped the Asian Continent to be succeeded in all fields and makes prove its capacities more than before. What you observe in the following lines, is a glance to his message:
It gives me great honour to greet, on behalf of the International Weightlifting Federation, the 50-year old Asian Weightlifting Federation, a stronghold of the world's weightlifting!
More than a half century has passed since 1948, when at the London Olympic Games Jafar Mohammad Salmassi of Iran captured the first Olympic medal for Asian weightlifting, with his third place. In Helsinki , Asia already won silver, thanks to another Iranian, Mahmoud Namdjou. The first Olympic gold medal arrived at the continent in 1964, when Yoshinobu Miyake of Japan broke the ice.
On the other hand, Asia did not have to wait so long for the first World Championship title. Right after London , in 1949, legendary Mahmoud Namdjou was victorious at the Scheveningen World Championships.
However, the real “Golden Age” for Asian weightlifting started in 1984, with the Los Angeles Olympic Games. Including the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the various member-countries of Asia collected altogether 1,247 gold medals in Olympic Games, senior, junior and university world championships! Especially in women's weightlifting, Asia has grown into dominance and produces an unlimited number of great champions and stars ever since.
It was not only through their athletes that Asians have contributed to the progress of world weightlifting. Many major events have been hosted by the continent in the last few decades – universally at very high levels. Olympic Games were held in Tokyo , Seoul and Beijing , but in addition to these, wonderful world championships were organised in Teheran, Manila , Guangzhou , Chiangmai and Jakarta . Junior and University world championships were carried out in several other Asian cities.
The Asian Weightlifting Federation, which was founded 50 years ago, needs to be congratulated on the great progress of its membership, influence, leadership and activities. By today, the AWF regularly organises its senior, junior, youth and various Regional Championships; besides it is actively involved in the various Continental and Regional Games held in its member countries. Weightlifting can be proud to be on the program of all of these Games – what is more: in most events it has reached the status of a core sport.
Within its membership of 184 nations, the IWF has 43 member-Federations in Asia . Asia is also strongly represented in the leading bodies of the International Federation and its experts are helping to disperse weightlifting knowledge all over the world.
During the 50 years of its history, the Asian Weightlifting Federation has lived some glorious but also some difficult times; but its progress and success was always more steady and faster when it was seeking unity within its membership, friendship and co-operation, for the ultimate benefit of weightlifting inside and beyond Asia . This is the same spirit that is shared with the IWF and which has made the AWF a strong and leading organisation.
Let me congratulate the AWF on its 50 th birthday and wish all its leading bodies, officials, National Federations, athletes and coaches further success in their activities!
27/09/2008
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Introducing the bests of the Asian
Woman and Man Weightlifter in 2008 Beijing Olympic
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The Asian Weightlifting Federation considers to determine the best woman and man of its continent which shined in 2008 Beijing Olympic, in a particular ceremony during the holding the Junior and Senior Interclub Competitions in Go yang city From South Korea .
In surveying of the Wide Asian Continent Weightlifters' functions in the 29 th Olympic, it has to be said from the women lifters, there are two great nominees. One of them is LIU Chunhong, the lifter of 69kg. Category who improved the records of the Olympic for 5 times and the World records for 5 times in considerable rates. And the other one Jang Miran the +75 kg. Korean weightlifter who improved the Olympic records for 7 times and the World records for 5 times. It is remarkable that LIU Chunhong increased the records of Snatch , Clean & Jerk and total movements in his own category for 16kg. and the most changing rates belongs to her. Surly the Korean Jang Miran too, could improve the all records of the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and the total movements of his own weight.
In the men's section, there are several alternatives, .One of them is LONG Qingquan the eighteen years –old Chinese lifter who increased the World Junior records for two times in Olympic. And the other one is SA Jaehyyouk the 77kg. South Korean Weightlifter who grasped the gold medal of this weight in the presence of the powerful weightlifters of China and Armenia .and the third athlete LU Young the Chinese 85 kg lifter who could put RYBAKOV Andrei the Belorussian World Champion behind himself and go up from the championship platform, and finally ILIN Ilya who has governed in the territory of 94kg. for several years and gained the precious gold medal in the 2008 Olympic for Kazakhstan .
It considerable to be said that the best Asian woman and man weightlifter in 2008 too, will be nominated by considering of the acquired points and by supervising the Technical Committee's Members during the current Christian year from different international courts ,after the Asian interclub, Youth and Junior Competitions . That election will be different from the Beijing Olympic Election and it will depend on the points which any athlete have collected within a year in various competitions.
24/09/2008
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President & Secretary General AWF
Message In Concerning with the Holding of the
Asian Interclub Weightlifting Championships
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Dear Friends and dear colleagues
We would like to extend our congratulations to the Organizing Committee for hosting the 6 th Asian Junior and 9 th Asian Senior Interclub Weightlifting Championships.
And we are honored to be part of this event in welcoming all our participating lifters, coaches, officials, friends and colleagues from different Weightlifting Federations in Asia and guests all over the world.
The city of Go yang is surely proud to host this event in preparation as well to their next year's World Weightlifting Championships hosting. Undoubtedly this event will increase the moral of AWF competitions and allow the spirit of friendship, understanding and cooperation among all the participants sharing different experiences while enjoying the beauty of combined culture of modern and classic Go yang City which is also very famous for its annual flower exhibition.
Exceptionally, we appreciate the effort of the host country with the full support of its well respected city Mayor Mr. Kang Hyun –Suk wherein advance promotion and advertisement of this event has been done during the previous AWF championships which expectedly uplift the Interclub tournament into a very high quality of preparations and evidently will turn out to be another great success.
We thank the Korean Weightlifting Federation under its President Mr. Yeo Mu-Num and Organizing Committee for sponsoring these championships with the help of the Asian Weightlifting Federation. Let us take this occasion to brace the strong relationships between each member federation keeping the unity and cooperation for the success of our sport weightlifting.
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The South Korea Hosts Two Asian Important Events in the Next Months
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The Asian Interclub Weightlifting Championships, in the two categories of Junior and Senior, will be held in Go yang City, - Korea from 30 th Oct. up to 6 th Nov. 2008. The sixteenth series of Junior Championships will be held from Oct. the 30 th up to Nov. the3 rd and the nineteenth series of Senior Championships will take place from 4 up to 6 Nov. Syria ,was the host of these battles last year in which Iranian and Syrian delegates obtained the best titles in the two section of Men and Women.
Yet, South Korea will be the host of the Asian Youth (Boys & Girls) and Junior Weightlifting Championships as well in the months of November and December. The Youth Competitions in the two categories of Boys and Girls will be run from Nov. the 30 th till Dec. the 5 th . The Junior Competitions will be held from 6 up to 8 Dec. The venue of the competitions will be Jeon Ju city, Korea . These competitions will be the tenth series of Youth and the thirteenth series of Junior Women and the twenty-first series of Junior Men. Last year , the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting held in Jordan in which the teams of Thailand and Taiwan in the Women's section and Iran in Men's section placed in the first stand.
17/09/2008
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Olympic and World Records were broken for 53 times during
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The 2008 Beijing Olympic Weightlifting Competitions started on the 9 th of August and with a break day ( 4 August ) came to an end in Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium on August 19, 2008 . In fact , these battles were outshined of the Asian's extra glittering. Before the competitions nobody thought that from 15 gold medals distributed among the men and women lifters , 12 medal will be allocated to the Asians and just in the weights of 105kg. and +105kg. they miss the gold medals.
Breaking the records of Olympic , World Junior and Senior for 53 times was another considerable point of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Weightlifting Competitions which therein Olympic records for 31 times , World Junior records for 8 times and the World Senior records for 14 times were improved. But the Asian's share in this record breaking was 37 cases. They could improve the Olympic records for 24 times , the World Junior records for 3 times and the World Senior records for 10 times.
In the women's section 21 gold , silver and bronze medals were distributed among the participants which 7 gold , 3 silver and 4 bronze of them reached to the Asians ; i.e. in total, 67 percent of the all weightlifting medals was allocated to the Asians .
In the Men's section 24 gold , silver and bronze medals were distributed among the athletes which 6 gold , 2 silver and 2 bronze of them were allocated to the Asian men ; i.e. in total , 42percent of the all medals was allotted to the Asian athletes. A general calculation shows that from the 45 distributed medals in 2008 Beijing Olympic Competitions , 13 gold , 5 silver and 6 bronze medals ( 24 medals ) came into the Asians' bag and it means ; 53 percent of all weightlifting medals .
The best figure of the competitions in women's section was LIU Chunhong from China in 69kg. category who could improve the Olympic records for 5 times , the World Senior records for 5 times in Snatch , Clean 7 Jerk and in total . Surly JANG Mi-ran the S. Korean woman lifter in +75kg. category also could improve the Olympic records for 7 times and the World Senior records for 5 times in the Snatch , Clean & Jerk and in total movements but the improvement rate of LIU Chunhong's records was more than the former records.
In men's section STEINER Matthias from Germany did a great function and grasped the gold medal of +105 category in the presence of lifters like CHIGISHEV Evgeny from Russia , SCERBATIHS Viktors from Latvia and UDACHYN Artem from Ukraine , but the super star of the men's section was ARAMNAU Andrei a young athlete from Byelorussia that could break the Olympic records for 5 times , the World Junior records for 5 times , the World Senior for 3 times and became the champion of +105 kg. potently . He doesn't have more than 20 years old.
By introducing the first , the second and the third person of men's and women's different categories , we'll refer to the table of distributed medals ,too :
Women's 48kg. Category
1. CHEN Xie Xia ( China ) 2. OZKAN Sibel ( Turkey ) 3. CHEN Wei-ling ( Taipei )
Women's 53kg. Category
1. JAROENRATTANA Prapawadee TARAKOON ( Thailand ) 2. YOON Jinhee ( S. Korea )
3. NOVIKAVA Nastassia ( Belarus )
Women's 58kg. Category
1. CHEN Yanqing ( China ) 2. SHAINOVA Marina ( Russia ) 3. O Jong Ae ( N.Korea )
Women's 63kg. Category
1. PAK Hyon Suk ( N. Korea ) 2. NEKRASSOVA Irina ( Kaz. ) 3. LU Ying-chi ( Taipei )
Women's 69kg. Category
1. LIU Chunhong ( China ) 2. SLIVENKO Oxana ( Russia ) 3. DAVYDOVA Natalya ( Ukraine )
Women's 75kg. Category
1. CAO Lei ( China ) 2. VAZHENINA Alla ( Kazakhstan ) 3.EVSTYUKHINA Nadezda ( Russia )
Women's +75kg. Category
1. JANG Mi-rani ( S.Korea ) 2. KOROBKA Olha ( Ukraine ) 3. GRABOVETSKAYA Mariya ( Kazakhstan )
Men's 56kg. Category
1. LONG Qingquan ( China ) 2. HOANG Anh_Tuan ( Vietnam ) 3. IRAWAN Eko-Yuli ( Indonesia )
Men's 62kg. Category
1. ZHNG Xiang Xiang ( China ) 2. SALAZAR Diego ( Colombia ) 3. TRIYATNO ( Indonesia )
Men's 69kg. Category
1. LIAO Hui ( China ) 2. DABAYA TIENTCHEU Vencelas ( France ) 3. MARTIROSYAN Tigran Gevory ( Armenia )
Men's 77kg. Category
1. SA Jaehyouk ( S.Korea ) 2. LI Hongli ( China ) 3. DAVTYAN Gevorg ( Armenia )
Men's 85kg. Category
LU Yong ( China ) RYBAKOU Andrei ( Belarus ) 3. MARTIROSYAN Tigran Varban ( Armenia )
Men's 94kg. Category
1. ILIN Ilya ( Kazakhstan ) 2. KOLECKI Szymon ( Polland ) 3. AKKAEV Khadzhimurat( Russia )
Men's 105kg. Category
1. Aramnau Andrei ( Belarus ) 2. KLOKOV Dmitry ( Russia ) 3. LAPIKOV Dmitry ( Russia )
Men's +105kg. Category
STEINER Matthias ( Germany ) 2. CHGISHEV Evgeny ( Russia ) 3. SCERBATIHS Victors ( Latvia )
24/08/2008
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The Championship of STEINER Matthias at the End of the Olympic Weightlifting Competition
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On the last day of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Men's Weightlifting Competitions, the weightlifters of +105 kg. Had a very exciting competition. STEINER Matthias from Germany with 461 kg. In total gained the championship. After him CHIGISHEV Evgeny from Russia with 460 kg. Owned silver medal and SCERBATIHS Viktors from Latvia with 448kg. Got the bronze medal. Steiner missed his first attempt of 246kg, but succeeded in lifting 248kg on the second try. Chigishev breezed through the Clean and Jerk, going from 240kg to 250kg for a total finish of 460kg. Germany 's Steiner needed a final lift of 258kg, 10kg more than his second attempt, to edge the Russian lifter for the gold. In a dramatic Olympic moment, Steiner lifted exactly what he needed to clinch his victory. The Korean lifter was dropped of the competition because of having three faults in Snatch movement. At the end of these competitions by considering both men's and women's sections , the Chinese achieved 8 gold and a one silver medals and obtained the championships in both sections . The S. Korean athletes gained two gold and one silver medal in total. But by considering the number of the medals, after China , Russia with 7 medals in both men's and women's sections has had better performance than the other countries. They gained four silver and three bronze medals. The title of the strongest man of the 2008 Beijing Olympic was offered to STEINER Matthias. Steiner finished seventh in the 2004 Olympics in the 105kg weight category, and took the gold in the 2008 European Championship over 105kg Snatch competition, bronze in the Clean and Jerk and silver overall with a total weight of 446kg.
19/08/2008
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The accurate schedule of the Asian Inter-clubs Weightlifting Competitions was delineated in South Korea
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The schedule of the Asian Inter-clubs Weightlifting Competitions that are considered as , the sixth series of these battles in the youth categories and the ninth series of them in the Junior one , was determined accurately . Due to the Organizing and Holding Committee's announcement , on Thursday ,the 30 th of October Arrival of Delegation will be held , on Friday the 31 st of Verification of final Entries ( Junior ) at 10 o'clock , Technical Meeting at 14 o'clock and Opening Ceremony and Welcome Party that involves 50 th Anniversary of AWF at 18 o'clock will be followed. The competitions will be held from Saturday the 1 st of November to Thursday the sixth of November , everyday in 5 shifts . Meantime , on the 3 rd of November Verification of Final Entries ( Senior ) at 9 o'clock in the morning and the Closing Ceremony and Banquet ( Junior ) will be held at 19 :00 in the same day. The Departure of Delegation will be occurred on Friday the 7 th of November. It's remarkable that one of the most important historical event of weightlifting , is the establishment of the Asian Weightlifting Federation that 50 th Anniversary of its Foundation is to be held within the Competitions in South Korea . This ceremony will be held meditatively schemed by AWF high-ranking officials and considerable cooperation of the 2008 Asian Inter-clubs Competitions Holing and Organizing Committee . So , the affiliated countries in passing through the half century of Federation activities , can aim the distant horizon with more motivation and day-increasing work.
01/08/2008
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Four kilos Space Between the Gold and Bronze medals in Men's 94kg. Category
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In 94kg. Category of 2008 Beijing Olympic men's Weightlifting Competitions, there was a close competition among the participants . But the weightlifter who could gain the gold medal was ILIN Ilya from Kazakhstan . It was the thirteenth gold medal of the competition for the Asians . This young lifter could lift 180kg. in Snatch , 226kg. in Clean & Jerk and 406 in total in order to be placed on the fist stand. This was the first gold medal for Kazakhs in 2008 Beijing Olympic in the Weightlifting Competitions. After ILIN Ilya the weightlifters from Poland and Russia respectively with 403 kg. and 402 kg. Became the second and the third. In some aspect, the gap between the gold owner and bronze owner of this category was just 4 kilos. Before going into the final, Ilin was among the favorites to win the gold, along with Poland 's Szymon Kolecki and Azerbaijan 's Nizami Pashayev. Ilin was the winner of the 2006 World Championship. Kolecki is the world record holder of the Clean and Jerk with 232kg. Pashayev was the world champion in 2005. Thus in the end of the eighth day of the weightlifting battles, all of the Olympic Weightlifting Competitions' gold medals belonged to the Asians. The Kazakhs, both men and women , in this series of Olympic weightlifting Competitions could gain one gold , two silver and one bronze medals which is considered good among the current countries participated in the competitions.
17/08/2008
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The Asians Lost A Medal Finally
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In the men's Weightlifting Competitions of 2008 Beijing Olympic and in105kg. category, the first non-Asian who achieved a gold medal of the competitions was ARAMNAU Andrei from Belarus . He could lift 436kg. In total and became a champion potently. After him two weightlifters from Russia respectively with 423kg. and 420 kg. became the second and the third. The 2006 world champion Marcin Dolega of Poland , who also lifted 420kg, missed out on a medal due to a higher pre-competition weigh-in. About the Belarusian Champion. it is remarkable that he has improved the Olympic records for 5 times , the World Youth records for 5 times and the World Senior records for 3 times in Snatch , Clean & Jerk and in total and it is a great task . In this category , AKHMETOV Bakhyt from Kazakhstan had the best performance among the Asian in this weight . He could halter 190kg. in Snatch , 225 kg. in Clean and Jerk and 415kg. in total and could achieve the fifth stand of the battles .
18/08/2008
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Olympic and World Records were broken for 53 times during
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The 2008 Beijing Olympic Weightlifting Competitions started on the 9 th of August and with a break day ( 4 August ) came to an end in Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium on August 19, 2008 . In fact , these battles were outshined of the Asian's extra glittering. Before the competitions nobody thought that from 15 gold medals distributed among the men and women lifters , 12 medal will be allocated to the Asians and just in the weights of 105kg. and +105kg. they miss the gold medals.
Breaking the records of Olympic , World Junior and Senior for 53 times was another considerable point of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Weightlifting Competitions which therein Olympic records for 31 times , World Junior records for 8 times and the World Senior records for 14 times were improved. But the Asian's share in this record breaking was 37 cases. They could improve the Olympic records for 24 times , the World Junior records for 3 times and the World Senior records for 10 times.
In the women's section 21 gold , silver and bronze medals were distributed among the participants which 7 gold , 3 silver and 4 bronze of them reached to the Asians ; i.e. in total, 67 percent of the all weightlifting medals was allocated to the Asians .
In the Men's section 24 gold , silver and bronze medals were distributed among the athletes which 6 gold , 2 silver and 2 bronze of them were allocated to the Asian men ; i.e. in total , 42percent of the all medals was allotted to the Asian athletes. A general calculation shows that from the 45 distributed medals in 2008 Beijing Olympic Competitions , 13 gold , 5 silver and 6 bronze medals ( 24 medals ) came into the Asians' bag and it means ; 53 percent of all weightlifting medals .
The best figure of the competitions in women's section was LIU Chunhong from China in 69kg. category who could improve the Olympic records for 5 times , the World Senior records for 5 times in Snatch , Clean 7 Jerk and in total . Surly JANG Mi-ran the S. Korean woman lifter in +75kg. category also could improve the Olympic records for 7 times and the World Senior records for 5 times in the Snatch , Clean & Jerk and in total movements but the improvement rate of LIU Chunhong's records was more than the former records.
In men's section STEINER Matthias from Germany did a great function and grasped the gold medal of +105 category in the presence of lifters like CHIGISHEV Evgeny from Russia , SCERBATIHS Viktors from Latvia and UDACHYN Artem from Ukraine , but the super star of the men's section was ARAMNAU Andrei a young athlete from Byelorussia that could break the Olympic records for 5 times , the World Junior records for 5 times , the World Senior for 3 times and became the champion of +105 kg. potently . He doesn't have more than 20 years old.
By introducing the first , the second and the third person of men's and women's different categories , we'll refer to the table of distributed medals ,too :
Women's 48kg. Category
1. CHEN Xie Xia ( China ) 2. OZKAN Sibel ( Turkey ) 3. CHEN Wei-ling ( Taipei )
Women's 53kg. Category
1. JAROENRATTANA Prapawadee TARAKOON ( Thailand ) 2. YOON Jinhee ( S. Korea )
3. NOVIKAVA Nastassia ( Belarus )
Women's 58kg. Category
1. CHEN Yanqing ( China ) 2. SHAINOVA Marina ( Russia ) 3. O Jong Ae ( N.Korea )
Women's 63kg. Category
1. PAK Hyon Suk ( N. Korea ) 2. NEKRASSOVA Irina ( Kaz. ) 3. LU Ying-chi ( Taipei )
Women's 69kg. Category
1. LIU Chunhong ( China ) 2. SLIVENKO Oxana ( Russia ) 3. DAVYDOVA Natalya ( Ukraine )
Women's 75kg. Category
1. CAO Lei ( China ) 2. VAZHENINA Alla ( Kazakhstan ) 3.EVSTYUKHINA Nadezda ( Russia )
Women's +75kg. Category
1. JANG Mi-rani ( S.Korea ) 2. KOROBKA Olha ( Ukraine ) 3. GRABOVETSKAYA Mariya ( Kazakhstan )
Men's 56kg. Category
1. LONG Qingquan ( China ) 2. HOANG Anh_Tuan ( Vietnam ) 3. IRAWAN Eko-Yuli ( Indonesia )
Men's 62kg. Category
1. ZHNG Xiang Xiang ( China ) 2. SALAZAR Diego ( Colombia ) 3. TRIYATNO ( Indonesia )
Men's 69kg. Category
1. LIAO Hui ( China ) 2. DABAYA TIENTCHEU Vencelas ( France ) 3. MARTIROSYAN Tigran Gevory ( Armenia )
Men's 77kg. Category
1. SA Jaehyouk ( S.Korea ) 2. LI Hongli ( China ) 3. DAVTYAN Gevorg ( Armenia )
Men's 85kg. Category
LU Yong ( China ) RYBAKOU Andrei ( Belarus ) 3. MARTIROSYAN Tigran Varban ( Armenia )
Men's 94kg. Category
1. ILIN Ilya ( Kazakhstan ) 2. KOLECKI Szymon ( Polland ) 3. AKKAEV Khadzhimurat( Russia )
Men's 105kg. Category
1. Aramnau Andrei ( Belarus ) 2. KLOKOV Dmitry ( Russia ) 3. LAPIKOV Dmitry ( Russia )
Men's +105kg. Category
STEINER Matthias ( Germany ) 2. CHGISHEV Evgeny ( Russia ) 3. SCERBATIHS Victors ( Latvia )
24/08/2008
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The End of Women's Olympic Weightlifting by Setting up a S. Korean lifter's New Record
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The women's Weightlifting Competition of 2008 Beijing Olympic came to an end by holding the competition in +75kg. Category, today Saturday August 16, 2008. In these battles JANG Mi-ran from South Korea _ the silver medalist of 2004 Athens Olympic, by haltering the 140kg. Weights in Snatch, 186kg. in Clean & Jerk and 326kg. in total not only became the champion of +75kg. Category but also improved the all Olympic and World records in her own category . After her a Ukrainian weightlifter with 49kg. less than the champion (277kg) got silver medal and the Kazakh lifter GRABOVETSKAYA Mariya gained the bronze medal with 270 kg. In total. She lifted 120 kg. in Snatch and 150 kg. In Clean & Jerk. It is remarkable that in the end of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Women Weightlifting Competitions, from 21 distributed medals in the seven categories, 14 medals (7 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals) were given out to the Asians.
16/08/2008
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The Championship of LU Yong in the presence of RYBAKOU Andrei
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After a day resting, the sixth day of weightlifting competitions of 2008 Beijing Olympic followed by holding in two categories of women's 75kg. And men's 85kg. on Friday 15 th of August . In the women's 75kg. Category CAO Lei from China _the 24years-old is a new star in this weight class. The winner of 2006 & 2007 the World Championships, as well as 2007 & 2008 the Asian Championships _ became champion with 282kg. in total. She lifted 128 kg. in Snatch and 154 kg. in Clean & Jerk .At the same time she improved the Olympic records for 4 times in Snatch and Clean & Jerk and in total. After the Chinese weightlifter VAZHENINA Alla the other Asian lifter from Kazakhstan with 266kg. In total owned the silver medal. She haltered 119 kg. in Snatch and 147 kg. In Clean & Jerk. A Russian weightlifter with 264kg. stood on the third place .
In men's 85kg. Category LU Yong from China achieved a big success and in the presence of RYBAKOU Andrei the Belarusian world champion became champion with 394 kg. in total. He lifted 280 kg. In Snatch and 214 in Clean & Jerk. The Belarusian lifter could halter 394 kg. In total but he has just 280gr. more weight in comparison with the first one and owned silver medal. The Armenian lifter too could lift 280kg. but because of having less weight than a Kazakh weightlifter gained the bronze medal.
In this weight, the record of Olympic for two times and the total World record for once were broken by RYBAKOU. Up to the end of the sixth day of the competitions, the Asian have obtained 11 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 5 bronze medals which 8 gold and one silver of medals belonged to the Chinese athletes. Meantime, the champions of all weights were from Asia up to the end of the sixth day.
15/08/2008
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The Typhoon of Liu Chunhong in the University of Aeronautics and Astronautic Gymnasium
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Today in 2008 Beijing Olympic and in the women's weightlifting competitions in 69kg. category a marvelous event happened and Liu Chunhong from China as the first in attendance weightlifter of the competitions ,could increase the senior world record in the mentioned weight. She improved 5 kilos in Snatch , 1 kilo in Clean & Jerk an 10 kilos in total in the women's 69kg. category. The former records of this category belonged to the Russian athletes. In fact Liu chunhong improved the Olympic record for 5 times and the Senior World record for 5 times in order to be titled as the brilliant figure of the Competitions. The other noticeable point is that the former Olympic records of women's 69kg. had been registered by this athlete in 2004 Athens Olympic . Liu chunhong lifted 128kg. in Snatch , 158 kg. in Clean & Jerk and 286 kg. in total. After Liu chunhong , the Russian lifter the former record holder of the world stood on the second stand with 31kg. less than the Chinese ( 255kg. ) and Ukrainian became the third.
But in men's 77kg. category , the competitions were so excited and close together that champion was not known up to the end of the competition . At last it was SA Jaehyouk from South Korea that by glittering in Clean & Jerk he could became a champion with 366kg.in total . He lifted 163kg. in Snatch , 203 kg. in Clean & Jerk and because of having less weight than his Chinese rival achieved the gold medal . After him LI Hongli from China with 366 kg. totally became the second . The Chinese lifter could lift 168kg. in Snatch , 198 kg. in Clean & Jerk . The third athlete was from Armenia could raise 360 kg. in total and got the bronze medal.
13/08/2008
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All of the Gold Medals For the Asians Up to Now
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One of the interesting points of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Weightlifting Competitions which were followed up on Wednesday August 13, 2008 is, awarding all of the gold medals to the Asians in the end of the nine weights of holding competitions up to now. (5 weights of the women & 4 weights of the men) In fact the Chinese 6 gold medals, the North Korean woman lifter in 63kg. Category one gold medal and the Thai woman lifter in 53 kg. Category one gold medal and the South Korean man lifter in 77 kg. Category one gold medal has obtained. The other continents' lifters have been deprived from gaining gold medals up to the end of the fifth day of the competitions.
In the meantime from the 27 distributed medals, The Asians gained 18 medals involved 9 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze ones. This is considered as an extra-ordinary for the Asian Weightlifting. By the way, it seems the super star of these competitions is Liu chunhong the Chinese woman lifter in 69kg. Category that improved the records of the world in her own weight for 16kg. totally ( Snatch , Clean & Jerk and Overall) and by gaining the Championships of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games , could improve the former Olympic record for 5 times and the world former record for 5 times as well.
13/08/2008
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Four More Medals in the bag of the Asians
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The Weightlifting Competitions in women's 63kg. category were held in the certain venue of BUAA Gymnasium in Beijing today that within it Pak Hyon Suk from North Korea achieved the first stand by haltering the 106 weights in Snatch ,135 kg. in Clean & Jerk and 241 in total . Pak was the bronze medal winner at the 2007 World Championships. She finished sixth in Athens when she was just 16 years old. Her gold medal is also the DPRK's first ever Weightlifting Olympic gold medal. Whilst the north Korean lifter had lifted 4 kilos less than Irina NEKRASSOVA from Kazakhstan in snatch but she remedied it in Clean & Jerk and at last gained the gold medal . The second stand of women's 63kg. category was awarded to the Kazakhstan who could lift 240kg. in total . The bronze medal was awarded to Lu Ying-chi from Chinese Taipei that haltered 231kg. in total . In fact the three medals of this weight came to the Asians. The biggest shock was competition favorite Svetlana Tsarukaeva of Russia who wasted all her chances at 107kg and got knocked out from the final. But in the men's 69kg. category held after the women's 63kg. SHI Zhiyong from China that was considered as one of the hopes of being medalist and could lift 152kg. in snatch , couldn't continue the competition because of hurting and let the other competitors follow it up . The other point that LEE Baeyoung from South Korea who could halter 155kg. in snatch , made mistakes in the three movements of Clean & Jerk and was omitted from the table. Finally , by being omitted two titled Asian lifters , it was LIAO Hui from China who became champion by haltering 158kg. in Snatch , and 190 kg. in Clean and Jerk and 348 in total. The French representative stood on the second stand with 338kg. in total and having less weight than his Armenian rival , and the Armenian athletes achieved the bronze medal.
12/08/2008
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Setting New Records of the Asians still Continues
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In the end of the third day of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Weightlifting battles the Olympic records for 8 times and the World records 3 times were broken by the Asian Weightlifters . Chinese women in the weights of 48 kg. and 58 kg. 6 times, Thai woman lifter in 53kg. Once and North Korean woman lifter in 58kg. Once improved the former Olympic records. However in the men's category the weightlifters of 56kg. Improved the World Youth records for three times. Chinese lifters for two times, the young Indonesian lifter once improved the World Youth record in this category. Long Qingquan from China is considered as the youngest champion of 2008 Beijing Olympic Weightlifters up to now. The considerable point of the competitions is that , from 15 distributed medals up to the end of the third day of the competitions , 11 medals were delivered to the Asians.
11/08/2008
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The Number of Medals for the Asian in the Current Olympic Weightlifting reached to Eleven
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The competitions of women's 58kg. category followed today , Monday , in the evening and at last Chen Yanqing from China by haltering the weights of 106kg. in Snatch and 138kg. In Clean & Jerk and totally with 244 kg. stood on the first stand and could register 2 new records in Clean & Jerk and total movements on her own name for the Olympic Games. Chen, 29, has become the first strongwoman in the world to successfully defend her Olympic title since Women's Weightlifting entered the Summer Olympics in Sydney 2000. The Russian weightlifter became the second with 227kg. In total movements. And O Jong Ae from DPR Korea with 226 kg. in total but having less weigh in comparison with a Thai weightlifter stood on the third-place and got the bronze medal. Now China has left every day of this Olympic Weightlifting competition with a gold medal, on day one from Chen Xiexia in the Women's 48kg category, and day two from Long Qingquan in the Men's 53kg weight class. In men's 62kg. ZHANG Xiangxiang from China by haltering 143 kg. in Snatch and 176 kg. In Clean & Jerk and totally with 319 kg. owned the gold medal. The Colombian weightlifter became the second and Triyatno from Indonesia with 298 kg. In total owned the bronze medal. The considerable point is that Ji Hunmin from South Korea that by haltering 142 kg. in Snatch was regarded as one of the certain hopes of being medalist in this category , was deprived from achieving medal just by not succeeding in lifting the barbell in the Clean & Jerk movement .
11/08/2008
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Five further medals For the Asian Lifters in the second day of Olympic Competitions
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Women's Competitions in 53kg. category in group A were begun in the Beijing's Weightlifting Gymnasium at 15:30 in local time within which Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon from Thailand achieved the gold medal by lifting 95kg. in Snatch and 126 kg. in Clean and Jerk and 221kg. in total . After him Yoon Jinhee from South Korea with 213 kg. in total and because of having less weight than a Belarus lifter stood in the second place and got a silver medal. It is remarkable that the Thai Champion in this category, by haltering 126 kg. in Clean& Jerk movement could improve one kilogram the record of Olympic Competitions. Thailand's Udomporn Polsak was the champion of this weight class four years ago. Jaroenrattanatarakoon not only retained this title, but also claimed the first gold medal for her country in this year's Olympics .
In the men's section in 56kg.category Long Qingquan from China , by haltering 132 kg. In Snatch and 160kg. in Clean & Jerk and 292kg. in total movements became a champion . At the same time, this seven years old weightlifter, improved one kilogram the record of the World Youth in the Snatch and five kilogram the record of the World Youth in total movements in this category . After the Chinese lifter Hoang Anh Tuan from Vietnam with 290 kg. in total and Irawan Eko Yuli from Indonesia with 288 in total owned the silver and bronze medals . Then up to now, the Asian men and women owned five medals in the second day of the 2008 Beijing Olympic games .
10/08/2008
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The China 's First Medal on Wenguang Ma's 52 nd Birthday Celebration
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The china's first medal in 2008 Beijing Olympic was obtained by Chen Xiexia a woman weightlifter in 48kg. Category. The considerable point is that , this honor was achieved in the anniversary of Mr. Wenguang Ma's birthday – the President of China Weightlifting Federation and the vice-president of IWF and 1 st Vice President of AWF. Asian Weightlifting Federation also on its own part, congratulate Mr. Wenguang Ma's 52 nd birthday to him and wishes him success in his great responsibility.
10/08/2008
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Initiating of 2008 Beijing Olympic Weightlifting Competitions
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2008 Beijing Olympic Weightlifting Competitions started at 10; 00 in BUAA Gymnasium by competing of women in 48kg. Category today Saturday, August 9 , 2008. In these battles 170 men athletes and 90 women athletes will be present that they will fight over gaining 45 gold, silver and bronze medals within a ten-day competition.
From Asia continent, 77 weightlifters will attend in Beijing Olympic Weightlifting Competitions from that 49 athletes are male and 28 athletes are female. In Men's section the Asian countries quotas will be as below:
China 6 peoples , South Korea 5 peoples , Kazakhstan 5 peoples , North Korea 4 peoples , Indonesia 4 peoples , Thailand 3 peoples , Iran 3 peoples , Japan 3 peoples , Chinese Taipei 3 peoples , Uzbekistan 2 peoples , Turkmenistan 2 peoples , Kyrgyzstan 1 people , Saudi Arab 1 people , Nepal 1 people , Seri Lanka 1 people , Tajikistan 1 people Malaysia 1 people Qatar 1 people Syria 1 people and Vietnam 1 people.
In women's section the Asian countries quotas will be as below:
China 4 peoples , South Korea 4 peoples , Thailand 4 peoples, Kazakhstan 4 peoples , Japan 3 peoples, North Korea 3peoples , Chinese Taipei 2 peoples Indonesia 1 people , Vietnam 1 people , Mongolia 1 people and Philippine 1 people.
In fact, after China which is the host of the Competitions and has 10 men and women representatives, the countries of South Korea and Kazakhstan with 9 representatives have allocated the most men and women weightlifters to themselves among the Asian countries presented in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
In the last occasions, before beginning the Competitions, it is said that the result of Doping test of Indian Lifter was positive. It is expected the Asian weightlifters can obtain between 15 up to 20 different colorful medals in this Olympic Challenges.
09/08/2008
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The First Medal of 2008 Beijing Olympic For An Asian in Weightlifting
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In the first day of the Weightlifting battles Chen Xiexia from China by lifting 95kg. in Snatch and 117 kg. in Clean & Jerk , 212 kg. In overall gained the first gold medal of 2008 Beijing Olympic for the Asians. China's lifter improved the record for 2 kg in Clean & Jerk and In overall movements in Olympic Competitions in the category of 48kg. China 's Chen adds this Olympic gold medal to her collection of golds from the 2007 World Championships and 2007 Asian championships. Chen Wei ling from Chinese Taipei with 196kg.overall because of having less weight than Korean lifters placed in the third position after Turkish lifters and gained bronze medal. It is said from the six first athletes of this weight, five athletes were from Asia .
While Chen Xiexia set a new Olympic Record, she did not break her own personal best of 214kg in the total, nor any World Records. She still holds the Clean and Jerk World Record of 120kg, and her compatriot Yang Lian has the World Record in the Snatch with 98kg and the total with 217kg.
China now holds 14 of 20 Olympic records in Women's Weightlifting.
Chen Xiexia's gold was the first medal of the 2008 Olympic Weightlifting competition. All Weightlifting events are held in the Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium.
09/08/2008
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Weightlifting's 23 rd Attendance in Olympic Games
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By holding the beginning ceremony in Beijing , China , the 26 th Olympic competitions will begin formally on 8 October. The athletes of weightlifting also will attend in these competitions so as to own 45 gold, silver and bronze medals. It is sayable that weightlifting sport, has been among just a few Olympic sports since the first series of the competitions started in 1896. Then, weightlifters have been participated in 22 rounds of Olympic competitions except 1900, 1908 and 1912. The International Weightlifting Federation which started officially it own activities in 1905, has 181 members right now. The weightlifting sport beside the Shooting sport is considered the third in medal offering aspect. In the former period of Olympic Games held in Athens 2004, the representatives from China , Thailand , Indonesia , North Korea and South Korea in women's section and the athletes from China , South Korea , Kazakhstan and Iran in Men's section have gained medals for the Asian Continent.
06/08/2008
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European Men, Asian Women |
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Comparing the obtained results of women Champions and men Champions, in the Championship Competitions held in both continents in 2008, indicates some interesting statistics .In women's section if we have a look at the total movements of snatch and clean & jerk, the Asian and European Champions in seven different weights, we will notice that the Asian weightlifters performed better than the European weightlifters in 5 weights except the weights of 48 kg. And +75 kg. And in general the supremacy of 5 to 2 belongs to the Asian women.
But in men's section and in octoploid weights, except the weights of 56kg. And 63 kg. That the Asians' results were better than the results of the Europeans, the European weightlifters had good performances in comparison with their counterparts in the Asia .And in general the supremacy of 6 to 2 belongs to the European Men. You can observe the results obtained by women in both continents held in 2008 in the comparing table down:
Point |
European |
Asian |
Women |
1-0 |
196 kg |
188 kg |
48 kg |
1-1 |
197 kg |
208 kg |
53 kg |
1-2 |
212 kg |
227 kg |
58 kg |
1-3 |
235 kg |
240 kg |
63 kg |
1-4 |
242 kg |
262 kg |
69 kg |
1-5 |
264 kg |
276 kg |
75 kg |
2-5 |
277 kg |
250 kg |
+75 kg |
Point |
European |
Asian |
Men |
0-1 |
269 kg |
279 kg |
56 kg |
0-2 |
302 kg |
326 kg |
62 kg |
1-2 |
346 kg |
317 kg |
69 kg |
2-2 |
362 kg |
347 kg |
77 kg |
3-2 |
377 kg |
360 kg |
85 kg |
4-2 |
397 kg |
357 kg |
94 kg |
5-2 |
410 kg |
360 kg |
105 kg |
6-2 |
447 kg |
426 kg |
+105 kg |
06/08/2008
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Fr om Athens to Beijing Olympic;
The Asian have improved 37 World Senior Records
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Due to the current statistics of formal competitions between the Athens Olympic and Beijing Olympic , 49 World Senior records in women's section and 6 World Senior Records in Men's section have been improved that the Asian's share was 37. In other words , in the women's categories, the Chinese lifters 29 times , the Thais 5 times , and The Koreans 2 times have set new records and in the men's categories a Chinese named Zhang jie in 62kg succeeded to improve the overall movements in this weight. Meanwhile Yang Lian and Chen Yanqing the lifters of 48kg.. And 58 kg. With 5 new records have been placed on top of the record setters of the world. It's remarkable that in men's section and from 2004 up to now, just 5 world records have been improved that 3 of them by Belarus lifter named Andrei Rybakov in 85 kg. , one of them by a Polish lifter named Marcin Dolega in 105 kg. and the last one by Zhang Jie a Chinese lifter have been occurred.
28/07/2008
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Rashid Sharifi replaces Hossein Rezazadeh
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Iran 's Rashid Sharifi will be representing his country in the upcoming Olympics , replacing two-time Olympic champion Hossein Rezazadeh who withdrew from the Games due to injury. Sharifi is touted as a promising young talent who topped the men's over-105kg competition for snatch, clean and jerk, and total weight during the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Kanazawa , Japan at the end of April, 2008. Rezazadeh is the world record-holder of this category. He won gold at both the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and has been known as "the world's strongest man" ever since. And he has been the gold medalist of the men's over-105kg competition at all world championships since 2006. However, he has been retired from international competition since August 2007 because of an injury that he incurred in a car accident. The Beijing Olympics will miss the big man's presence.
28/07/2008
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Chen beats out Yang to compete in 48kg
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In a last minute decision, Chen Xiexia beat out Yang Lian for a chance to compete for China in Women's 48 kilogram Weightlifting at the Beijing Olympics .The Women's 48kg squad was unveiled at the July 25 general assembly of the newly-established 2008 Chinese Sports Delegation. Chen won the gold in the National Championship this April, which added to her competitiveness as a candidate for China 's Olympic squad. Then Chen was injured in the last pre-Games event in July, prompting consideration of Yang as a serious Olympic contender, especially after she broke the world record at that same pre-Games event. A July 25 check-up determined Chen was recovered and ready for competition, so the State Administration of sports chose her to compete in the 48kg weight class for China .
27/07/2008
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Weightlifters Premsiri and Pensiri are Thailand 's best bets
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Thailand 's seven-member weightlifting squad for the Beijing Olympic Games, led by Athens Olympic bronze medalist Wandee Kameaim, has been confirmed by the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA). At the 2004 Olympic Games, Thailand won two gold and two bronze medals for the sport. This Olympic team is not as strong as the one in Athens because of the retirement of gold medalists Udomporn Polsak and Pawina Thongsuk. The Thai women's team includes Premsiri Boonpitak and Pensiri Laosirikul in the 48 kg class, and Prapawadee Charoenrattanatarakul and Wandee Kameaim in the 53 kg class. They will compete in the first three days of the Beijing Olympic Games. Premsiri's personal best is 200 kg, Pensiri's is 199 kg and Prapawadee set hers at 235 kg. The men's team includes Pongsak Maneethong competing in the 56 kg division with a personal best of 272 kg, Phaisarn Hansawong in the 62 kg category with a personal best of 310 kg, and Sittisak Supaluk, who set a personal best at 330 kg, in the 69 kg class. TAWA president Bussaba Yodbangtoey says Premsiri and Pensiri could be their team's best medal bets, but they will face tough competition against lifters from China with records between 213-217 kg.
24/07/2008
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Indonesia strives for its first weightlifting gold medal
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Indonesia is hopeful that it will win its first weightlifting gold medal at Beijing 2008. However, Indonesia 's Olympic Games weightlifting coach Mulyana is still anxious about their prospects for the Games. Despite the Indonesian national squad dominating the opening day of the National Games' weightlifting competition in East Kalimantan on July 7, Malyana believes that there is still room for improvement. Eko Yuli Irawan, who will probably be a member of Indonesia 's Olympic weightlifting squad, won the gold medal in the men's 56 kg division.“Eko's showing today was below his best. That's not a good sign for his preparations for the Olympic Games," Malyana said Silver medalist at Athens 2004, Lisa Rumbewas dominated the women's 53 kg division. Rumbewas lifted a total of 203 kg, which was 29 kg more than the silver medalist.
19/07/2008
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China 's Olympic weightlifting team confirmed
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Ma Wenguang, president of the Chinese Weightlifting Association (CWA) and director of the Weightlifting, Wrestling and Judo Administrative Center under the General Administration of Sports of China (GASC), recently revealed that ahead of the July 23 deadline, all members of the Chinese Olympic weightlifting team have been nominated. The weightlifters' names will not be announced until the entire Chinese delegation to the Games is confirmed.
Most fans already have a good idea of which weightlifters made the cut in every category but the Men's 69kg. A tough decision had to be made to choose two out of three excellent athletes: former Olympic Games champion Shi Zhiyong, who lifted 350kg at the Doha Asian Games, Zhang Guozheng, who has lost some body weight, and young upstart Liao Hui, who has proven his strength by accomplishing a 355kg lift.
12/07/2008
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202 Medals for the Asians in the Three Circuits of the World Senior Championships
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After 2004 Athens Olympic Games, three World Senior Weightlifting Competitions circuits were held that the cities of Doha , Santa Domingo and Chiang Mai were the host of these competitions. In these three circuits, there were 901 lifters (557 Male and 344 Female) from different parts of the world. This statistic is considerable and unprecedented in its own. In women's section the Asian launched 111 athletes to these battles that they gained 114 medals (51 gold medals) whereas the Europeans with 124 athletes allocated 68 medals (12 gold medals) to themselves. In men's section the Asians had 171 participants within the three world competition circuits and obtained 88 medals (29 gold medals), but the Europeans with 246 weightlifters could get 109 medals (33 gold medals).
In the collection of men's and women's medals and by surveying of the statistic of three circuits of the world Competitions in 2005, 2006, and 2007 , we come to this conclusion that the Asians allocated themselves 202 medals ( 80 gold medals ) and the Europeans allocated themselves 177 medals ( 45 gold medals).
09/07/2008
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WADA President: Send The Clean Athletes to The Olympic Games
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It is the responsibility of countries and sports federations to send clean athletes to the Olympic Games, says WADA's President John Fahey in the first of a series of b-roll segments posted on WADA's redesigned online media center. But due to significant efforts including a new world-class laboratory in Beijing , Fahey says he is confident athletes taking steroids or any other performance enhancing drug are more likely to be caught during the Beijing Games—more so than in any other Olympics.
It's remarkable that, In accordance with the IWF Executive Board decision and as it has been previously communicated to all National Federation, ALL OLYMPIC COMPETITORS SHALLARRIVE TO BEIJING 8 (EIGHT) DAYS PRIOR to their respective competition day.
28/06/2008
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A valuable honor for Vietnam Weightlifting
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The Vietnam Weightlifting, because of valuable endeavoring and seriousness adopted within the recent years, has achieved a valuable honor. Due to the latest list issued by IWF, Vietnamese have allocated two quotas for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games that one of them belongs to the men and another one belongs to the women. The single women quota was gotten in the Asian Championships held in Kanazawa , Japan . Vietnamese female weightlifters by obtaining six silver medals and 442 points, became the fourth in that Championships. Men's quota allocated to Vietnam in the section of Individual Qualification by IWF. This quota was allocated to Vietnam after investigating of different countries' weightlifters in octamerous weighs. Vietnamese can nominate just one athlete between Hoang Anh tuan and Nguyen Manh Thang the lifters of 56kg. And 62 kg.
28/06/2008
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Probable Changing in Some Countries quotas in 2008 Beijing Olympic
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At its recent meeting in Cali , Colombia , the IWF Executive Board put under revision its earlier decision of 11 March 2008, according to which Olympic qualification quota should be withdrawn from countries producing positive doping results between 1 January and August of 2008. That particular measure was intended to underline the IWF?s extremely strong and determined fight against the abuse of doping.
With regard to the fact, however,
- that the Olympic Games are the event of the International Olympic Committee and come under its jurisdiction,
- that the Olympic Qualification Regulations for the 2008 Beijing Games were approved by the IOC already at the middle of 2006,
- that the above stipulation of the IWF was not included in the approved Qualification Regulation for Weightlifting and no such modification can be made at this late date,
after consulting the IOC, the IWF acknowledges that it will not implement its former decision for Beijing 2008.
At the same time, the countries concerned have the right to return Olympic quota to the IWF, and the IWF very much appreciates if such NOCs , adopting the principles and the spirit of the anti-doping fight, are willing to do so.
The IWF has already determined to include such rule into the Qualification Regulation for the next, the 2012 London Olympic Games.
25/06/2008
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Chinese Weightlifters' intension against doping in 2008 Beijing Olympic
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Chinese Weightlifters in a symbolic movement showed their intension against doping issue. On the 9 th of June , some Chinese women weightlifters in Tyianjn gathered and took an oath in front of their country's national flag to fight against strongly against doping issue .This movement was towards keeping the spirit of Olympic purposes. The Olympic motto is obtaining honor in a safe and equal competition atmosphere.
25/06/2008
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The Asian Luminosity In the Resumption of the Cali Competitions
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In the resumption of the World Junior Weightlifting Championships running in Cali , Colombia , the Asian lifters , in both men's and Women's sections ,obtained the acceptable results. In 77kg. Men's category ,Sohrab Moradi from Iran with 318kg. overall in snatch and clean & Jerk ,obtained bronze medal. In boys' 85 kg. Saeid Shahedi Chenijani from Iran won a silver and a bronze medals . He raised 151 kg. in snatch and placed in the second platform . He got the bronze medal because of the 337kg. in total movements of clean & Jerk .In 94 kg. Navab Nasirshelal from Iran gained three bronze medals . He restrained 164kg. in snatch , 199kg. in clean & jerk and totally 363 kg. In men's +105 kg. Behdad Salimi Kordasiabi from Iran lifted up 186kg. in snatch and reached to silver medal. He restrained 220 kg. in clean & jerk and not only gained the bronze medal in this movement but also gained the bronze of overall movements . He owned one silver and two bronzes in total.
In 58kg. Women's Sirikaew Pimsiri from Thailand won three gold medals . She , raised the barbell overall, in snatch 91kg. in clean & jerk 120 kg and totally 211kg. in order to be the absolute conqueror in this weigh.( because of having the less weigh rather than Colombian lifter ). In 63 kg. girls' category , Miyahira Namiko from Japan with totally 189 kg. gained bronze medal in altogether movements of snatch and clean & jerk. In girls 69 kg. KIM Hyemi from South Korea won two bronze medals . She managed to lift 118 kg. and totally registered 213 kg. to her own name to get the two bronze medals. She certainly gained the bronze medal because of having the less weigh rather than Ukrainian lifters in totally movements of snatch and clean & jerk. In women's section in 75kg. Lee Area owned three gold medals. She strained 97kg. in snatch , 126 kg. in clean & jerk and in 223kg. in overall movements . She is the second Asian gainer of three gold medals after Sirikaew Pimsiri from Thailand who gained three gold medals in 58kg. in the early days of the competitions.
It's remarkable that in the last day of the competitions Evgeny Pisarev , the Russian lifter in +105 kg. men's category , by straining 196 kg. in snatch , improved one kilogram the former record which belonged to Artem Udachin from Ukraine after nine years.
22/06/2008
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China Selects; Yang Lian or Chen Xiexia?
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China is determined to win the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympic Games. They just aren't sure who should go get it. With only one spot available to the host nation in Women's 48kg Weightlifting , China is facing a tough decision between athletes Yang Lian and Chen Xiexia. Yang grabbed three gold medals in the 1996 World Weightlifting Championships, while Chen impressed decision makers with her remarkable performance two months ago at the National Championships, where she bested Yang. Chinese team officials feel that winning the first Olympic gold medal awarded on Chinese soil would be a big morale boost for the entire Chinese team.
20/06/2008
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IWF Executive Board Member Meeting in Cali , Colombia
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World Weightlifting Championship Competitions started on Sunday 15 June, 2008 in Cali , Colombia .In the first day of the competitions, the weightlifters of 48 kg. Categories, women group B challenged to each other at 10 o'clock by local time. These competitions will be continued up to 21 June.
IWF Executive Board Member Meeting was held by the presence of the Asian and other continental delegates on Friday 13 June, 2008. And on Saturday 14 June IWF General Congress was held. The opening ceremony began at 19:30 on Saturday by local time .The sessions of Technical Committee, Scientific & Research Committee and Medical Committee were held at the same time on Thursday 12, June 2008.
15/06/2008
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The Asian first medals of the World Junior Championships for the Thai Girls
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The 34 th Boys and 14 th Girls World Junior Championships are running in Cali , Colombia . But in the held competitions up to now , the girl lifters of 48kg. and 53 kg. Accompanied to boy lifters of 56kg. and 62kg. have ended their competitions . Among the Asian, Thai girl lifters in 48kg. offered the first medals to the widest continent of the world. In this weigh Khamsi Panida allocated herself the bronze medal in snatch , silver medal in clean & jerk and silver medal in total movements. At the same time, the bronze medal of clean & jerk belonged to PHUPRUEM Thip-Amon from this country.
15/06/2008
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Asia , super vigor of women's weightlifting in the world
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A statistic research done between 1987 and 2005 shows that the super power of the world women's weightlifting belonged to Asian. In these 17 periods, although the number of Asian women weightlifters was less than the Europeans, statistics show from 1269 medals distributed in snatch, Clean & Jerk and total, 748 medals consist of 341 gold, 226 silver and 181 bronze were accrued to Asians. Hence there is a deep gap between the Asia and the other continents. The lifters of China and Taipe China were on the tops of this medal table in the mentioned years .Surely the Koreans, Indians, Thais and Japanese have had a considerable shares in creating honor for Asia in these years.
12/06/2008
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Vietnamese weightlifter hopes to gain a medal in
2008 Beijing Olympic
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Vietnamese weightlifter Hoang Anh Tuan, who won the men's 56kg division at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Japan late last month, said he is practicing hard so as to bag home an Olympic medal
"I'm not 100 percent sure that I will be successful at the 2008Olympic Games. But, as an Asian champion, I have the right to hope, and try my best to gain an Olympic medal," local newspaper Youth on Friday quoted Tuan as saying.
He said his three hottest rivals at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are from China , the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Indonesia . He is going to undergo an intensive training course in Bulgaria .
Although no official announcement about Tuan's berth at Beijing2008 Olympic Games has been made so far, he is sure to secure a place at the global sports event slated for August, the newspaper said.
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