Reports written by Andrew Charniga of international competitions such as the World weightlifting championships, the Asian championships; European championships; Asian Games; Junior world championships.
2019 World Championships Part II Andrew Charniga The Men 55 kg OM Yun Chol (PRK) 294 (535%); Son Igor (KAZ) 266 (484%); Al Saleem Mansaour (KSA) 265 (482%) Asterisk or no, Om results in this class were highlight of the entire competition. Al Saleem Mansaour (KSA) pulled 118 high; but it was all pull as …
2019 World Weightlifting Chps. Andrew Charniga The 2019 WWC were held on the Olympic training center stadium in the resort city of Pattaya; with competition and training hall located in close proximity in the same building. An excellent set up but without any Thai lifters there was less than no audience; if that is possible. …
The 2018 World Weightlifting Championships: Part 2 the men Andrew Charniga Sportivnypress.com 55 kg 1st OM Yun Chol (PRK) 282 2nd Chotney Arli (KAZ) 258 3rd Scarantino Mirco (ITA) 252 Lifting in the new 55 kg class OM Yun Choi (PRK) was not in the same top form he was at the 2018 Asian Games …
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A Tale of Two Techniques Andrew Charniga Sportivnypress.com In the not so distant past essential information about weightlifting training, technique, coaching expertise and so forth was limited to publications, word of mouth, training seminars and so forth. However, in recent years, with the appearance of internet sites such as YouTube it is possible to find …
2018 WWC report Andrew Charniga Sportivnypress.com RIM Un Sim (PRK). Charniga photo. The 2018 WWC were staged on the Olympic complex of the capitol of Turkmenistan Ashgabat. The return of the nine countries banned from competing swelled the entries to over six hundred and dramatically raised the level of competitiveness of all the weight …