Yasmin Zammit Stevens, Malta’s weightlifting queen and a rising star in the Women’s 64 kg, might not have participated at the 2018 IWF World Championships due to the limited funding of national weightlifting federation, especially for women. In Malta, where th...Altyn ASHYROVA
The 2018 World Cup weightlifting competitions in the weight category 64 kg in the group “B” among women has come to a close. One of the participants was a weightlifter from the UK, the silver medalist of the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sarah Davis, who finished sixth...Aina BERDYYEVA
The four previous competition days at the World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat were marked by the achievements of Thai, Chinese, Japanese and Korean athletes performing in light weight categories. Today, representatives of European and American countrie...Altyn ASHIROVA
At 13:57 in Ashgabat time, the 2018 World Cup weightlifting competition among women in the weight category 59 kg in group “B” came to an end. A confident victory in the group was gained by a weight-lifter from Vietnam Thi Duen Hoang - the only one who was ableAina BERDYYEVA
Speaking of a particular sporting event, the level of its holding and the results of the athletes appearing at the competition, we often lose sight of the other side. I mean the meetings of arriving guests at the airport, their accommodation in hotels or Ol...Victor Kardashov
The adult world record holder in the weight category of 59 kg at the 2018 World Cup in Ashgabat is the representative of Chinese Taipei Guo Xingzhun. She owns the updated standards in the snatch (105 kg) and the sum of the biathlon (237 kg), as well as the title...Altyn ASHIROVA
“In terms of organization, the World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat can easily be compared with the Olympic Games,” Misak Papikyan, head of the weightlifting federation of Novosibirsk region, said in an interview with ORIENT. “Starting from picking up at...Ayna BERDIYEVA