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WUC Weightlifting closes with the heavyweights
Championships
24 September 2018
BIALA PODLASKA – The heavyweights got into action on the final day of the 2018 World University Weightlifting Championship. USA, Austria and Germany vied for the top positions in the men’s 105kg and shared the snatch medals. Florian Koch from Austria was best in snatch, but in clean and jerk Lin Sheng-Lun from Chinese Taipei rose to […]
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First gold for host nation Poland at WUC Weightlifting
Weightlifting
22 September 2018
BIALA PODLASKA – Poland celebrated their first gold medal on the second day of the FISU World University Weightlifting Championship and USA surged forward in the women’s 58kg. The snatch was dominated by home favourite Monika Dzienis, but in the second part Kaija Bramwell drew away from her opponents and scored a very convincing victory […]
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Japan dominates first day of WUC Weightlifting
Championships
21 September 2018
BIALA PODLASKA – Could there possibly be a better day to start the competitions at the 6th edition of the FISU World University Weightlifting Championship? Not really. 20 September was proclaimed by UNESCO as the International Day of University Sport (IDUS). Students from 26 countries of the five continents gathered in Biala Podlaska, Poland to celebrate […]
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5th WUC Weightlifting: Day 4 of Competitions
Championships
18 November 2016
MERIDA – Mexican Óscar Verdugo Ramírez (105 kg) failed his second lifting attempt at the Clean & Jerk and lost the advantage. After this, the golden medals for this modality and the total weren’t for him; but he got the gold medal at the Snatch modality and two silver medals during the fourth day […]
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5th WUC Weightlifting: Korea dominates Last Day
Championships
18 November 2016
MERIDA – The Koreans dominated the heaviest category (+ 105 kg) at the end of the 5th World University Weightlifting Championship. At the Snatch, Wooman Hwang (KOR) claimed himself as the winner of the gold medal after he lifted 180 kg. The second place was for Radoslav Tatarcik (SVK) who snatched 172 kg. Przemyslaw […]
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5th WUC Weightlifting: Day 3 of Competitions
Championships
17 November 2016
MERIDA – American Martha Rogers, did not encounter any contenders in her category and proclaimed herself the champion of the women’s 69kg category on the third day of the 5th World University Weightlifting Championship hosted in the Kukulcán Sport Complex in Mérida, Yucatan. Rogers was indeed the best lifter and she had excellent strategies […]
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5th WUC Weightlifting: Gold for the Host Country
Championships
17 November 2016
MERIDA – Anacarmen Torres Wong, from Sonora, proclaimed herself as the winner of the 63kg category delivering a first gold medal for host Mexico at the 5th World University Weightlifting Championship, being held at the Kukulcan Sports Complex in Mérida, Yucatan. Anacarmen Torres Wong The 20 year-old athlete, from Chinese descent as her […]
