EILAT – This third day of competition was the opportunity to see some of the categories lift some very impressive bars. In the women’s 69kg category which opened the day, the match in all events opposed Chinese Taipei’s WANG Ya-Jhen to China’s CAI Xinghua with Kazakhstan’s Gulnaz NAURYZOVA being the strongest contestant for bronze. In […]
EILAT – After the second day of competitions, the Chinese female lifters keep showing their world class level. In the 58 kg category, Wei Deng achieved the fifth result in the history of the world weightlifting competitions. Enough to win an Olympic Medal! The 244kg lift settled a junior world record. In the […]
EILAT – Yesterday, November 6th, was the first day of competitions at the 3rd World University Weightlifting Championship in Eilat, Israel. “We are proud that the FISU organization choose us to organize the competition”, words by Mr. Arie Rozenzweig, Chairman of ASA, the Israeli Member Association of FISU. Gold medallist in the 56kg Men’s category […]
EILAT – Last night the 3rd World University Weightlifting Championship in Eilat, Israel kicked-off with the opening ceremony. About 300 athletes and officials from 35 countries witnessed a wonderful evening. The ceremony was opened with a delegations march and followed by warm words of welcome by FISU and OC officials. Dr. Uri Sheffer, CEO of […]
Imre DOBOS, President Hung. Weightlifting Federation, Dr. Adam KISS, President HUSF, Péter NAGY, Aniko Nemeth-Mora, FISU TC Chair Weightlifting, Dr. Tamas AJAN, President of IWF BUDAPEST – Receiving a gold medal in your sport is always a big moment in your sport career. Hungarian weightlifter Péter Nagy got close at the 2011 Summer Universiade in […]
OTTAWA – Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Friday the 10 student-athletes who will represent Canada in weightlifting at the 26th Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China. The Shenzhen weightlifting competition will mark the sport’s Universiade debut. To mark the occasion, Canada is sending an all-Quebec contingent of four female and six male athletes to China including an […]
KAZAN – From April 7-17 the capital of Tatarstan will host the 90th Men and 24th Women European Weightlifting Championships. It is expected that the tournament will assemble over 240 strongest weightlifters from 40 nations. The event is organised by the International and European Weightlifting Federations, Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the […]
CISCA Chair and FISU Treasurer Bayasgalan presents the President of the NUSF of TPE a FISU souvenir Download the latest updates of the WUC below.
