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Alireza Yousefi bettered his own world record with the final lift of a successful 2022 International Weightlifting Federation Junior World Championships in Heraklion in Crete.
Wednesday, 26 May 2021 The 17-year-old Indonesian Rizki Juniansyah put in a sensational performance to claim all three junior world records held by the American CJ Cummings at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Juniansyah, who already held two world records at youth level, beat his previous best competition total by 42 kilograms and looked as though he could barely believe it as he sank to his knees after his sixth successful lift. His final clean and jerk of 194kg, which seemed less troublesome than his previous lift 5kg lowe...
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...