Iryna Dekha News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Weightlifters from host nation Armenia were roared on to the podium by a big crowd at the European Weightlifting Championships here.

Russia and Belarus have collectively entered 65 athletes for the European Weightlifting Championships in Armenia in April - but whether or not they will be allowed to compete is out of their hands.

Moldova won its first ever junior world title and Russia was on top of the podium at this level for the first time in six years on day six of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 Kamila Konotop of Ukraine set a junior world record on the way to her second major victory within two months, but she is still not guaranteed a place at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Konotop, 20, was a clear winner of the women’s 55 kilograms at the European Championships in Moscow last month, where Ukraine topped the medals table for the first time. She followed up in Tashkent, Uzbekistan by taking the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships title at the same weight on the second day of competition - and as in Moscow, she made s...

Thursday, 8 April 2021 Iryna Dekha of Ukraine took advantage of the absence of Lidia Valentin to win gold at the European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow and effectively confirm her place as Europe’s top qualifier in the women’s 76 kilograms for Tokyo 2020. Valentin had a serious bout of gastroenteritis at the weekend and had to go to hospital rather than fly to Moscow. It was a controversial success for Dekha, as the Russian teenager Iana Sotieva thought she had won by making her final clean and jerk of 137kg. Sotieva, 18, the European youth champion, screamed and jumped with deli...