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WEIGHTLIFTING: Avalanche of world records at IWF World Championships

Indonesia's World Champion Eko Yuli Irawan (Photo: IWF)

Changing weight classes always creates a tsunami of new world records and with the International Weightlifting Federation moving from eight to 10 classes for men and women, the re-write of the record books at the 2018 IWF Worlds is in full swing. Through just the first three days, check out the 10 new men’s records (across four classes) and 22 women’s records, also over four classes:

Men’s 55 kg:
Yun Chol Om (PRK) Clean & Jerk: 162 kg

Men’s 61 kg:
Eko Irawan (INA) Clean & Jerk: 174 kg
Irawan Total: 313 kg
Irawan Total: 317 kg

Men’s 67 kg:
Lijun Chen (CHN) Total: 332 kg

Men’s 73 kg:
Zhiyong Shi (CHN) Snatch: 161 kg
Shi Snatch: 164 kg
Shi Clean & Jerk: 196 kg
Shi Total: 352 kg
Shi Total: 360 kg

Women’s 49 kg:
Huihua Jiang (CHN) Snatch: 92 kg
Sopita Tanasan (THA) Snatch: 93 kg
Chayuttra Pramongkhol (THA) Clean & Jerk: 120 kg
Zhihui Hou (CHN) Total: 205 kg
Jiang Total: 206 kg
Hou Total: 208 kg
Pramongkhol Total: 209 kg

Women’s 55 kg:
Yajun Li (CHN) Snatch: 100 kg
Sukanya Srisurat (THA) Snatch: 101 kg
Li Snatch: 102 kg
Srisurat Snatch: 103 kg
Srisurat Snatch: 105 kg
Srisurat Clean & Jerk: 127 kg
Li Total: 223 kg
Srisurat Total: 227 kg
Srisurat Total: 230 kg
Srisurat Total: 232 kg

Women’s 59 kg:
Hsing-Chun Kuo (TPE) Snatch: 105 kg
Kuo Clean & Jerk: 132 kg
Guiming Chen (CHN) Clean & Jerk: 133 kg
Kuo Total: 233 kg
Kuo Total: 237 kg

As the sport tries to recover from the doping scandals which have pushed it to the edge of being removed from the 2024 Olympic program in Paris, it’s interesting to see if athletes from either of the last two World Championships were able to repeat. The 2017 Worlds in Anaheim was quite clean in terms of doping, as nine nations were excluded completely. The 2015 Worlds in Houston had 24 positives and almost cost weightlifting its place in the Olympics. Repeaters from these two events in 2018:

2017: Anaheim
Women 59 kg: Hsing-Chun Kuo (TPE) (Won at 58 kg)

2015: Houston
Men 55 kg: Yun Chol Om (PRK) (Won at 56 kg)
Men 67 kg: Lijun Chen (CHN) (Won at 62 kg)
Men 73 kg: Zhiyong Shi (CHN) (Won at 69 kg)

It’s the fourth World Championship for 2012 Olympic winner Om, the third for Chen and second for Shi. The women’s 59 kg title in the third for Kuo.

The U.S. has no medals so far, but Clarence Cummings, Jr., still 18, finished 10th at 73 kg, but set World Junior Records for the Clean & Jerk (181 kg and 187 kg) and for the Total, of 329 kg and 335 kg.

There was more doping news prior to the start of the event, as 79 lifters from 27 countries were banned from the event because they did not report their locations (“whereabouts”) through the World Anti-Doping Agency’s database system (known as “ADAMS”). However, the IWF Board voted to allow four Turkmenistan lifters – all men – to compete as exhibition lifters, with their results not allowed to count in the competition. The IWF may end up regretting this when it discusses its status with the IOC Executive Board in December. Summaries so far:

IWF World Championships
Ashgabat (TKM) ~ 2-11 November 2018
(Full results here)

Men

55 kg: 1. Yun Chol Om (PRK), 282 kg total combined weight; 2. Arli Chontey (KAZ), 258 kg: 3. Mirco Scaratino (ITA), 252 kg; 4. Young-Ho Kim (KOR), 251 kg; 5. Josue Brachi Garcia (ESP), 250 kg; 6. Angel Rusev (BUL), 248 kg; 7. Sergio Massidda (ITA), 236 kg; 8. Muammer Sahin (TUR), 235 kg.

61 kg: 1. Eko Yuli Irawan (INA), 317 kg; 2. Fabin Li (CHN), 310 kg; 3. Fulin Qin (CHN), 308 kg; 4. Francisco Mosqueda (COL), 304 kg; 5. Kim Tuan Thach (VIE), 298 kg; 6. Adkhamjon Ergashev (UZB), 293 kg; 7. Shofa Mishvelidze (GEO), 293 kg; 8. Yoichi Itokazu (JPN), 292 kg.

67 kg: 1. Lijun Chen (CHN), 332 kg; 2. Minhao Huang (CHN), 323 kg; 3. Julio Mayora (VEN), 322 kg; 4. Doston Yokubov (UZB), 319 kg; 5. Oscar Figueroa (COL), 318 kg; 6. Jong Ju Pak (PRK), 315 kg; 7. Goga Chkheidze (GEO), 311 kg; 8. Deni (INA), 310 kg. Also: 18. Alex Lee (USA), 292 kg.

73 kg: 1. Zhiyong Shi (CHN), 360 kg; 2. Jeongsik Won (KOR), 348; 3. Vadzim Likharad (BLR), 343 kg; 4. Chong Song Ri (PRK), 342 kg; 5. Kang Chol O (PRK), 339 kg; 6. Briken Calja (ALB), 339 kg; 7. Karem Ben Hnia (TUN), 337 kg. Also: 10. Clarence Cummings Jr. (USA), 335 kg.

Women

45 kg: 1. Thunya Sukcharoen (THA), 186 kg; 2. Yulduz Dzhumbayeva (TKM), 179 kg; 3. Chiraphan Nanthawong (THA), 171 kg; 4. Katherin Echandia Zarate (VEN), 157 kg; 5. Alessandra Pagliaro (ITA), 156 kg; 6. Thi Thu Trang Nguyen (VIE), 151 kg; 7. Daniela Padvova (BUL), 141 kg; only entrants,

49 kg: 1. Chayuttra Pramongkhol (THA), 209 kg; 2. Zhihui Hou (CHN), 208 kg; 3. Huihua Jiang (CHN), 206 kg; 4. Sopita Tanasan (THA), 201 kg; 5. Elena-Ramona Andries (ROU), 188 kg; 6. Beatriz Piron Candelario (DOM), 187 kg; 7. Sri Wahyuni Agustiani (INA), 186 kg; 8. Thi Huyen Vuong (VIE), 183 kg. Also: 12. Alyssa Richey (USA), 178 kg.

55 kg: 1. Sukanya Srisurat (THA), 232 kg; 2. Yajun Li (CHN), 225 kg; 3. Wanqiong Zhang (CHN), 225 kg; 4. Cristina Iovu ((ROU), 220 kg; 5. Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ), 213 kg; 6. Muattar Nabieva (UZB), 212 kg; 7. Nouha Landoulsi (TUN), 211 kg; 8. Kristina Shermatova (TKM), 210 kg. Also: 15. Jourdan Delacruz (USA), 198 kg; … 20. Caitlin Hogan (USA), 191 kg.

59 kg: 1. Hsing-Chun Kuo (TPE), 237 kg; 2. Guiming Chen (CHN), 231 kg; 3. Rebeka Koha (LAT), 227 kg; 4. Pimsiri Sirikaew (THA), 225 kg; 5. Mikiko Sirikaew (THA), 225 kg; 6. Thi Duyen Hoang (VIE), 223 kg; 7. Chineye Fedelis (NGR), 215 kg; 8. Acchedya Jagaddhita (INA), 212 kg. Also: 12. Jessica Lucero (USA), 204 kg.

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