The 2016 European Weightlifting Championships are upon us.
As usual, this page will be updated with live streams and news throughout the competition.
When: 10-16 April
Where: Førde, Norway
Useful Links:
- Start List (PDF), Results
- Highlights
- News
- Recordings
- add me on Snapchat (gregorwinter) for behind the scenes randomness
Highlights
22 year old Lasha Talakhadze snatched 212kg for a new European Record!
Zygimantas Stanulis (94kg, Lithuania) snatched a new competition personal best to win a silver medal. He also won a silver in the total.
Iryna Dekha (19, 75kg, Ukraine) goes 6/6 by clean and jerking 135kg to win the European Championships.
Andranik Karapetyan (77kg, Armenia) snatching 170kg!
21 year old David Sanchez Lopez (69kg, Spain ??) pulling an Om Yun Chol and winning bronze from the B group today!
143kg Snatch + 175kg Clean & Jerk
Rebeka Koha (17, 53kg, Latvia) Clean and Jerking 108kg for a new PB and two bronze medals.
Cristina Iovu (53kg) Clean & Jerking 120kg!
41 year old Tom Goegebuer (56kg, Belgium) snatching 114kg at his 18th European Championship.
21 year old Mirco Scarantino (Italy) snatching 120kg, which set him up to win his first senior european gold medal in the total.
17 year old Ritvars Suharevs (77kg, Latvia) Snatching 140kg.
News
Update 26.04.2016: Eastern european national team coach was caught by norwegian customs when he tried to enter Norway with 15 vials of testosterone in his luggage. (via)
Update 15.04.2016: Tatiana Kashirina (+75kg, Russia) might not be going to the competition. (via, via)
Update 13.04.2016: Since the concentration of meldonium was found to be small in Andrei Rybakov (85kg, Belarus) sample, he might return to competition. (via)
Update 06.04.2016: Vyacheslav Yarkin (77kg) has stomach problems with (something with an ulcer). Georgiy Kuptsov (94kg) will take his spot. (via)
Update 01.04.2016: Andrei Rybakou tested positive for Meldonium (via), which as of January 1st is on the WADA list of supplements that actually work.
Update 31.03.2016: Russian teams announced.
- Vanik Mkrtumian (56 kg), Felix Halibekov (62 kg), Sergey Petrov (69 kg), Vyacheslav Yarkin (up to 77 kg), Viktor Kharchenko (85 kg), Egor Klimonov (94 kg), Rodion Bochkov (105 kg) and Antoniy Savchuk (+105 kg).
- Kristina Sobol (53 kg), Diana Akhmetova (63 kg), Natalia Khlestina (63 kg), Yana Kondrashova (69 kg), Maria Petrova (75kg), Lyaysan Makhianova (75kg), Tatiana Kashirina (+75kg)
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Rybakou is still in the game, nice to see, wonder how long he keeps on going.
I thought he had given in, fun too see!
I hear he is not in a bad shape either. I guess that applies for the snatch only obviously. Either way, it will be fun to see just like you said!
He did 178+195 at 89.28kg two weeks ago at Belarus championships.
YEEEEEAAAYYY 😀
He will win medal in snatch 😉
Unfortunately the AWF (Australia Weightlifting Fed) newsletter says he tested positive for meldonium which seems like a rough ending to the tail end of his long weightlifting career.
Cristina Iovu is lifting for Romania?
Cernei and Captari as well.
She has a chance for medal if she can get to 210 total. It is very risky to lift for Azari team now. I am not sure if she has permission to lift for Romania in Rio.
I had to search her up, her name is Romanian so I got all confused as to why she couldn’t compete for Romania.
She is from Moldova, went to Azerbaijan after 2012, got banned and is now starting for Romania.
Be sure to follow my friend and part-time training partner Stefan Ågren (SWE) in the men’s -105! He’s this year’s Nordic champion and this will be his first big international tournament!
Will do, I hope he does well. It’s good to see some Swedes on the start list.
http://www.1news.az/sport/others/20160328041321349.html Azerbaijan team have been anounced
Using Google translate:
Marziya Maharramov ( 48 kg ) , Gulcin Alizade ( 53 kg ) , Boyanka Kostova ( 58 kg ) ,
Elnur Abbasov Firuz Ibragimov (both – 63 kg ) ,
in the men’s – Elmar Aliyev ( 56 kg ) ,
Allahyar Abishov ( 62 kg ) Sardar Hasanov ( 69 kg ) , Afgan Bayramov ( 77 kg ) , R
ovshan Fatullayev , Nailhan Nabiyev (both – 94 kg ) , Azer Mammadov ( over 105 )
Does anybody know what’s up with Team Russia? The team looks unusually weak, especially men’s.
Maybe they won’t risk anything so close to Rio.
All their likely Rio lifters have the required number of IWF competitions already. No point sending them to compete here in the middle of their preparation for Rio.
Their best lifters prepare for nationals in May. The only one already locked in for the OG is likely Kashirina.
Oh, I totally forgot that the nationals are coming up. Thanks.
Armenian women’s weightlifting team
Anna Govelyan (53kg),2015 European junior champion Izabella Yaylyan (58kg), Kristine Petrosyan (63 kg),2009 world champion Nazik Avdalyan (69 kg), Sona Poghosyan (75 kg) 2015 youth and junior European silver medalist ,2012 summer olympics bronze medalist Hripsime Khurshudyan (+75kg) and 2015 youth European champion Arpine Dalalyan (+75kg)
Armenian men’s weightlifting team
European silver and Junior Olympics bronze medalist Smbat Margaryan (56 kg), European Championship silver medalist Vanik Avetisyan (69 kg), World and European champion and Olympics bronze medalist Tigran Martirosyan, European bronze medalist Andranik Karapetyan (77 kg), winner of Student Games Aghasi Aghasyan (85 kg), Junior Olympiad winner Simon Martirosyan (105 kg), European champion Ruben Aleksanyan and World Championship bronze medalist Gor Minasyan (+105 kg)
Evangelia Veli 53kg Albanian team she is going for a medal!!!
Anyone know if there will be streams of the B and C groups? 48kg B group has just started but the IWF site only has a live scoreboard for it.
I’m trying to find some, hopefully they’ll get one up and running, it doesn’t look like the usual streamers are broadcasting. I’ll try and get some more information about it.
48kg replay is currently being show on Russian Eurosport.
http://www.stream2watch.co/live-now/live-tv/ru/eurosport-russia-live-stream
Be careful with pop ups, etc.
Thanks for this!
Apparently it’s being streamed on Eurosport Norge also but I can’t find any streams for it. It might be streamed on the kazakhstan sport channel also but I think it’s geoblocked.
Will there be recordings of the other groups like last year?
So will Rybakov lift there? If no, his only chance to get the second license is Iran Grand Prix in May.
Very Important:
WADA clarification on meldonium rules means some athletes could escape punishment.
Athletes facing doping bans for meldonium could face no punishment if
below one microgram of the heart attack drug was detected and their
failed test came before March 1.
http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1036391/wada-clarification-on-meldonium-rules-means-some-athletes-could-escape-punishment
Gregor:
Thank you for placing both Russian and English recording links.
The only possible Olympic medalist up to this point (77 kg) are Daniayar Ismayilov (I have no idea where he is originally from) and Andranik Karapetyan although I have a feeling Tigran Martirosyan has an outside chance for Bronze, just look at 2012 Olympic results.
You mean on the men’s side I hope? Because Bostonka must be one of the biggest names right now for a gold medal together with Ilya, Liao and Tatiana?
“Bostonka” lol!
But yeah Boyanka is a lock for the gold medal imho, she’s gonna break all the records I think.
Hehe sorry a lot of names to remember sometimes it gets wrong 🙂
I cant see the livestream right now?
It looks like there will be no livestreams for the B + C sessions.:(((
I have been looking forward to these Europeans’ but, today I have given up trying to fight with my computer and those awful streams….Tonight I will watch the recorded events on You Tube..
A.Roy , Canada
Sat. Ap.16/16 Today the Polish STream was the best of them all…. Thanks Gregor and the EWF/EuroSport Teams!
Now the favorite for Rio in the Supers is without a doubt, Lasha Talakhadze…
Lasha is absolutely awesome I’m already a great fan of him 🙂 Favorite? Not just yet. Albegov,Salimi,Bahadour are still in the game and I have no doubt that all of them will be in their best shape for Rio.
Nah, those three don’t have a chance against Lasha when he goes 100%
Let it be! 😀
I would be surprised if we even got to see Salimi in Rio. His injury was a very severe one. Moulaei might not have had the time to come back to his best shape. Albegov still the favorite for me, however there might be a great battle between him and Talakhadze.
HAYASTAN!!
Gregor, Since neither Schwarzbach nor Schroth met the DOSB qualification standard in Norway, but supposedly Schwarzbach’s performance in Houston in the 48 kg category did meet the norm, what is expected to happen with the Olympic quota place won by the German women’s team?
Is this first EU championship in modern era without Russian male winner?