Competition Reports

The 2014 Asian Games Weightlifting Championships: Part 2 Andrew Charniga, Jr. Sportivny.press OM Yunchol (PRK. Charniga photo 56 kg The contenders in this class were the world record holder in the clean and jerk OM Yunchol (PRK), Thach Kim Tuan (VIE), WU Jingbiao (CHN) and TRAN Le Quoc Toan (VIE). The existing world records at […]

The 2014 Asian Games Weightlifting Championships Andrew Charniga, Jr. Sportivny.press PAEK Lihwas (PRK). Charniga photo. The 2014 Asian Games weightlifting championships were held in the Korean port city of Incheon. This is the same Incheon where the allied forces staged General MacArthur’s famous landing behind enemy lines in the Korean War. This event, an Olympics

The 2104 European Championships Part II Lovchev (RUS) cleans 252 kg Charniga photo The Men 56 – 62 kg The fact that Tom Goegebuer (BEL), who at 39, was easily old enough to be the father of the three medalists, was not only entered, but competitive in the 56 kg class, says as much about

The 2014 European Weightlifting Championships Tel Aviv, Israel Andrew Charniga, Jr. Andrei Aramnau (BLR). Charniga photo The 2104 European championships were held in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 4 – 12. The location in Tel Aviv, the facilities, were outstanding for competition and for training. The training hall was located right off the beach. The

The 2013 World Weightlifting Championships Wroclaw, Poland October 19 – 27, 2013 Andrew Charniga, Jr. Sportivny Press© The Men 56 kg class Athlete Nat Bdywt S J Total OM Yun Chol PRK 55.87 127 162 289 LONG Qingquan CHN 55.44 130 157 287 THACH Kim Tuan VIE 55.84 126 157 283   This class featured