Competition Reports

The 2015 Asian Weightlifting Championships Andrew “Bud” Charniga www.sportivnypress.com The 2015 Asian Weightlifting Championships originally scheduled for June in Nepal had to be re-located because of the earthquakes in that country. The Thai weightlifting federation stepped in to organize the competitions in the city of Phuket, September 6-12. Due to the last minute change of […]

The 2015 European Weightlifting Championships Part 2: The Men Andrew “Bud” Charniga www.sportivnypress.com   56 kg The pretenders of this class were: Sirghi Oleg (MDA) 264, Margaryan Smbat (ARM) 259, Scarantino Mirco (ITL) 259. Margaryan Smbat (ARM) pulled 102 fast while hopping back only to take a step forward. Sirghi Oleg (MDA) dropped fast and

The 2015 European Weightlifting Championships Part I: The women Andrew “Bud” Charniga www.sportivnypress.com The 2015 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Tbilisi the capitol of modern Georgia. The sports palace located in the city center proved to be an excellent facility with training facilities conveniently located in the same building. A number of past champions,

The 2014 World Championships: Part 2 The Men 56 kg Class OM Yun Chol (PRK). Charniga photo. The pretenders of this class were: LONG Qingquan (CHN), LI Fabin (CHN), OM Yun Chol (PRK) and THACH Kim Tuan (VIE). This class featured two Olympic champions OM (2012) and LONG (2008). OM Yun Chol (PRK) opened with

The 2014 World Weightlifting Championships Andrew Charniga, Jr. Sportivny.press The 2014 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from November 8 – 16, 2014. This event was only six weeks after the Asian Games Championships. Consequently, the Asian lifters, who competed in both competitions, had to either peak for one or the other or