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China can pile up golds as Colombia hosts World Weightlifting Championships

At the end of a year when weightlifting news has been dominated by reforms, election controversies, politics and doping, the athletes return to centre stage tomorrow at the 2022 International Weightlifting Federation World Championships in Bogotá, Colombia.

Lo que vale la medalla de Polina Guryeva en Turkmenistan

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Two years ago, I didn't even think about this: Guryeva

Two years ago, I didn't even think about this: Guryeva ANI 28 Jul 2021, 03:18 GMT+10 Tokyo [Japan], July 27 (ANI): Turkmenistan weightlifter Polina Guryeva, who won her nation's first-ever Olympic medal on Tuesday in the ongoing Tokyo Games, said she never thought about achieving the feat two years ago. Guryeva won a silver medal after lifting 217kg in the women's 59kg Olympic Weightlifting event at Tokyo 2020. The 21-year-old thanked her coach and said it was him who pushed her towards victory. "I would like to thank my coach and just because of him I am here and a silver medallist. Two years ago, I didn't even think about this," Olympics.com quoted Guryeva as saying.

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