The 2017 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, USA are approaching fast.
This page will be update throughout the event.
When: 28.11 – 05.12.2017
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Update 23.01.2018: Aurimas Didzbalis, Romela Begaj, Dmitris Minasidis, Dumitru Captari tested positive (via)
Update 04.12.2017: Sohrab Moradi Clean & Jerks 233kg to beat Szymon Kolecki’s 232.5kg World Record (after Ilya’s 233kg from London 2012 was taken away).
Update 01.12.2017: Behdad Salimi snatched 200kg and Clean & Jerked & Tossed 245kg.
Update 30.11.2017: Today Lasha snatchesd 210kg in training.
Update 27.11.2017:
Live Streams:
- US Viewers, you can stream all A sessions on ESPN3 and the ESPN app. Links to streams below.
- Live Streams on USA Weightlifting: for countries where no TV rights are sold are on USAW. See the detailed Live Stream Info below.
Update 27.11.2017: Official Start List PDF
Update 26.11.2017: 2018 Worlds was moved from Peru to Turkmenistan (via).
Lydia Valentin Squatting 180kg x2!
Update 25.11.2017: Mart Seim Strict Pressing 160kg x2!
Robert Joachim (69kg, Germany) Squatting 215kg for a double.
Update 24.11.2017:
- Heard that Team Iran received their visas
- HG and ATG made it to Anaheim
Update 20.11.2017: The Organizing Committee will provide a free, live webcast at www.usaweightlifting.org. The webcast will be blocked in countries where TV rights are sold. Copies of the webcast will not be available, due to TV rights restrictions.
Update 07.11.2017: Entry List (PDF). Note that as always the FINAL Start List will be published a couple of days before competition after the final verification meeting.
- No Ivan Markov on the entry list…
- No Yeison Lopez, no Luis Mosquera
Update 05.11.2017:
- North Korea is not on the entry list
- Daniel Godelli’s (77kg, Albania) visa application was denied twice (via).
This happened during our stay in Albania for European Juniors, but now it’s official. Other Albanian team members got their visas approved. Talking with Albanians (and the letter seems to confirm it), just like with Rostami, the issue seems to be proving the will to return to Albania after worlds.
- Kianoush Rostami is still waiting for his visa approval. (via ,via, via)
Sketchy Google Translate (via)
I went back to the US Embassy in Dubai [there is no US embassy in Iran] and presented my credentials, even taking several million with me to prove to them that I would return [proving the will to return was one of the main issues].
At the height of disbelief, the authorities said that we do not need any proof of you and your case follows the procedure, even for them, the money was to be deposited to set up the re-election. I hope that my visa will be issued as soon as possible, so that it ends.
Olympic champion weightlifting added: “It’s not a matter of accepting a host country to host the tournament, but it does not give the world’s top players a chance to be present in those countries. I’ve been practicing and weighting for months to succeed.” I followed my training well and I am in full readiness.
“The federation sent me a letter to the camp prior to the start of the camps,” he told the coach, saying: “There should be one person as a coach.” The only person I could introduce was my brother. The authorities could not allow my brother to accompany me and There is no problem, but I’m taking my energy from my brother, but I’m under the law.
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- Also missing of course are the 9 previously banned countries (including China, Russia …)
Live Stream Info
Worldwide Television Rights Holders
USA – ESPN3, beIN Sports – Click here for ESPN 3 Links
Albania – National TV
Asia – Fox Sports Asia
Baltics – Viasat
Belarus – Belarus TV
Brazil – TV Globo
Canada – DAZN
China – CCTV
France – L’Equipe
Georgia – Silknet
India – DSport
Japan – DAZN
Latin America – ESPN Latin America
Middle East/North Africa – beIN SPORTS
New Zealand – Sky
Poland – TVP
Spain – TVE
Sub-Saharan Africa – Kwese Sports
United Kingdom – Premier Sports
The following sessions will be carried by television rights holders:
Wednesday, November 29
-Men’s 56kg A
-Women’s 48kg A
-Men’s 62kg A
Thursday, November 30
-Women’s 63kg B
-Women’s 53kg A
-Women’s 58kg A
Friday, December 1
-Men’s 77kg B
-Women’s 63kg A
-Men’s 69kg A
Saturday, December 2
-Men’s 77kg A
-Women’s 69kg A
-Men’s 75kg B
Sunday, December 3
-Men’s 85kg A
-Men’s 94kg A
-Women’s 75kg A
Monday, December 4
-Women’s 90kg B
-Men’s 105kg A
-Women’s 90kg A
Tuesday, December 5
-Women’s +90kg A
-Men’s +105kg A
I’m still waiting for the preliminary start-list. They usually released the start list one-month earlier from the worlds but this year I’m still waiting.
This effing sucks, not even Godelli, North Korea…
This is bad. I still will try to enjoy the Worlds, hack, it is top weightlifting event after all. Though this is gonna be even weaker than the Wroclaw championship, which in the end turned out to be quite exciting. Maybe this will too. Man I really hope Rostami will be there. And Markov. That’d make my fav category intriguing even without some other top nations!
Is it a fact that North K won’t be attending?
I have no idea, just stressed what was written in article.
When you think about it, it’s a real bs!!! I wasn’t one to jump on the conspiracy bandwagon, thinking it’s the US and maybe other nations’ way to secure better opportunities to medal. Giving out general bans to 9 countries, denying visas to others (although I do understand visas process is nothing US weightlifting or IWF can probably influence much).
But I call bs here! It’s not like others don’t dope, let’s be real.
It’s sad if a guy like Rostami cannot get visas to compete for a world title. I am disappointed beyond belief.
Well, as I see it it’s not a done deal yet so have fate my friend 🙂
So it seems Rostami is on the first entry list. So are familiar name we did not see for some time, Alimov and Hernandez Paumier.
I hope Markov decides to go, but I know he did not feel completely ok at Euros in april. Maybe he still needs time?
On the other hand North K maybe didn’t even applied because of the current political climate. I feel a bit sorry for the USA WL cause it’s really not their fault. They just jumped in when Thailand cancelled.
About the start list ,well… I hope it’ll change for the better.
I do not understand the willingness of other countries to tolerate the bullying of the US (btw, I am an American). It is high time the rest of the world exercised the right to boycott and — in effect — sanction the US in matters of international athletics, as well as in a wide variety of other international activities.
Enough is enough.
To those who would say it’s not the US, it’s the IWF, I say “show me a time when the IWF has defied American demands for penalties against other member countries.”
As an American, I am embarrassed by this — doubly so inasmuch as my embarrassment will never be addressed and resolved by authorities in the US, but only by way of international actions taken against my own country.
BIG 50 Anniversary of an unfortunate event
http://www.chidlovski.net/blog/index.php/2016/12/17/forgotten-tournament-of-1967/
The 1967 World Championship was actually scheduled to be conducted in Japan. However, Japan didn’t have diplomatic relationship with East Germany and the athletes of the GDR team didn’t get visas to enter Japan. The Soviet and Eastern block weightlifting teams showed solidarity with East Germany and boycotted the tournament.
The 1967 World Championship was cancelled. Instead the top lifters gathered in the Mexico City and competed at the 1967 Pre-Olympics tournament . It was nick-named Little Olympics.
The TV coverage and attendance was dismal in Houston back in 2015. The only reason for a better public participation in Anaheim is large Armenian and Iranians residing at south California (maybe!). I suggest IWF moving the championship to another location such as Georgia/Armenia/France or just cancel it all together.
The unfortunate thing is that it’s not so simple to just move a World Championships. To actually hold an event like that is a pretty big feat. Lots of stuff to organize and plan. Also Armenia is banned so that country would be out of the possibilities. Hypothetically speaking of course.
Good point “Armenia is banned”.
IWF will not cancel it because many teams already paid for the travel expenses.
Please no more world championships at the US
After these two in a row there won’t be an another one there in the next 20-30 years so we are fine 🙂
Well, Godelli is on the preliminary start list, and could have a great battle with Ehab in the 77 kg class. If Rostami is allowed to enter, then the Iranians could possibly make a clean sweep of all categories from 85 kg and up, having standout lifters in 85 kg and 94 kg, and at least a shot at the gold in the two heaviest classes. The superheavy class looks really promising, and maybe the only class that isn’t drained almost dry because of the doping bans and the visa problems.
Also looking forward to see how fellow Swedes Roos and Strenius do in the 63 kg class and the 69 kg class.
Rebekah Koha’s entry total (225kg) is 5kg up on her best two individual results in Sn/C&J (100/120), where do they set these totals? Small competitions?
An entry total is not necessarily a total the lifter has managed to do.
Exceptions should be granted for some countries and visas issued for athletic events regardless of political situation short of war. This shows how politics can kill athletes careers. Just look at the Olympics in the last 50 years. The Africans boycotted the Olympics because of the participation of RSA, the Americans boycotted because of the Russians in Afghanistan and the Russian boycotted back in retaliation. The African boycott was the only successful boycott when it influenced the IOC to exclude the RSA as long as they continued with their racist Apartheid policies. All others just detracted from the Olympic spirit and athletes careers. As to the banning countries temporarily for PED’s violations, it is a good thing. Maybe less records will fall but at least the lifting will be clean and more natural. All athletes should be tested before a competition once their names are submitted in a preliminary list and then disqualified before the competition if tested positive. It is a hollow victory to be declared Olympic or World champion or medalist years later after the fact or even a few days later since the moment is gone and receiving the medal afterwards is not the same. It is like receiving honors posthumously. Without steroids, only the best naturally talented athletes can climb to the top.
Easy solution. US should not host any IWF championships in the future.
anyone would be kind enough to explain to me why the U.S holds the world championships twice in a row ?
I think that question was answered above by grobpote: “I feel a bit sorry for the USA WL cause it’s really not their fault. They just jumped in when Thailand cancelled.”
I miss everybody from banned countries. Thats for sure, but looking for it anyway!
I really don’t think this is a USA conspiracy. The visa issue is unfortunate but this is the USA’s rules from a government level not a weightlifting one. They stepped in as hosts and the IWF should’ve considered this.
As for people saying how bad it will be… there are still many good lifters going to the competition. I also believe if we aren’t going to see world records fall then I would rather have a tighter competition which may still occur. A local meet where two lifters battle closely for a few kilos is still exciting so I don’t believe we need to be seeing massive numbers to make it a good watch.
Maybe I am just an optimist but I am determined to enjoy this competition and get behind the athletes even if they are lesser known than the big stars
since we can’t do anything about it, you’re certainly correct in being positive 🙂
no need to pout
I agree, the competition can still be very exciting.
Looks like the super heavyweight class will be the most stacked and competitive. Some of the weight classes look pretty bleak. Lasha will win of course but very top competitors.
The superheavies will be great to watch. I would say one of the Iranians can win on a good day.
Still no visa issued for Iranian team.
If Iran joined the othe 10 banned teams. So is it still world champions competition?
It would be very unfortunate if Iran wasn’t allowed to compete. They seem to have the best overall roster among the men looking at the preliminary start list.
Siasookhteh, any update on Iran’s visa situation? Are all athletes awaiting visas or only Rostami?
All awaiting.
Still no visa issued.possibility to issue partially which can ruin Iranian dream to stand at first place for the first time.
By the way I heard Eurosport wont be covering these competitions. Is there another source where it is possible to watch these live?
tvp sport in Poland
Still no visa for Iranian
Moradi, Rostami, Salimi, Alihosseini and Hashemi are chances to stand top but they dont know even they are in flight to LA or not.
Is it usuall? I mean does the host treat Iranian as sam as other invitees?
Well, Trump did try to restrict travel from Iran with Presidential Proclamation 9645. I think that travel ban was revoked for all countries except for North Korea and Venezuela, by a federal judge, but I can be wrong here. But Iran has been one of the countries that Trump targeted from the beginning with his efforts on travel restriction legislation.
i checked the entry list, am i blind or Yeison Lopez is not on it ?? did i miss something ?
So let’s make this clear for me about competition recordings. The competitions will be available free on the website but no recordings after that. So for example me in the UK would need to stay up all night to actually watch them. (Eurosport won’t show them so the Brits didn’t buy the rights). Or take a WL fan in the USA – even in Anaheim – who is working when the competitions are being held. Same thing. Am I clear on this or there is something I don’t understand well?
Also there are the Rio 2016 comps which I very much like to see again but because of the copyrights I can’t. OK,I’d like to buy them in some form. They don’t sell full sessions at all. Actually there is NO way to get them whatsoever.So after this we will never see those recordings again or WTF????
I understood that they won’t show livestream of those groups which are shown in television.
The site says under the list of TV-broadcasted session that “All other sessions will be streamed here at 2017Anaheim.com” so I think you can’t see those A sessions for free at all.
What you have to do is look up streams free streams from one of the mentioned channels
On youtube the 56 kg class is up, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmMFaMNQ8Eo , maybe the same user that uploaded that will upload the rest.
There are 48, 56 and 62 on the channel. You are a lifesaver!
Well, the real lifesaver would be “Weightlifting Spirit”, the Youtube channel. I hope they continue to upload all the sessions. It’s great content for all of us in Europe because of the time difference that makes following the live streams difficult.
It seems US visas for Iranian lifters are issued.
Iran may have an outside to win the competition. Is there a cup for best team?
The start book is out on iwf.net. Seems Godelli is out, but Rostami in. It will be interresting to see if the Iranians can dominate 85+.
People bitch and gripe too much. Not all categories are equally affected by the absence of the Russians, Chine ext ext but even if they do at least the athletes competing will Clean” of drug or at least it is hoped so. Those countries that are suspended, have only themselves to blame. However if the fans keep complaining and accepting drug influenced results as good, they are just as stupid as those who use. The future of weightlifting as an Olympic sport will be decided in the few years and if that happens (possible, not certain nor probable), the sport will take a great step back since most countries use the world championships to prepare and develop athletes for the Olympics and that incentive will not be there anymore. On a side note, if you look carefully at the USA coaching staff, that very familiar face in the great Pirros Dimas who has been in the US as an advisor for a while helping with the development of new talent for the USA. towards the 2020 Olympics. Let’s enjoy the championships.
Athletes who are guilty of doping should be banned. There is no argument. What about athletes who don’t? Should they serve bans because one of their countrymen was caught cheating retrospectively 9 years ago? Long Qingquan, Wu Jingbiao, Li Fabin, Chen Lijun, Shi Zhiyong, Oleg Chen, Lu Xiaojun, Victor Getts, Tian Tao, Artem Okulov, Apti Aukhadov, Adam Maligov, Liu Hao, Yang Zhe, David Bedzhanyan, etc… are a few outstanding male weightlifters among the active members of Chinese and Russian teams who have never been found guilty of any doping violation. The list goes on for female weightlifters as well. But they are not competing… so some rando with a total 10 kg less than the WR of the class BELOW his can get a gold medal. Where’s the fairness? Do you wanna be punished for something someone else did 10 years ago just because you both come from the same country?
This is a pathetic attempt by the IWF at appeasing the IOC and I honestly don’t care if weightlifting remains an Olympic sport if it means seeing it in this sad state of affairs. If I were the IWF, I’d tell the IOC to eat dog doo if they suggested that I ban athletes who have never been found guilty of anything.
You tell em’, the entire system has been flawed for many years and there has barely been any band-aid fixes to it and I highly doubt there will ever be a proper approach/fix with the current management. Always looking at the statistics rather than addressing the livelihood/human aspect of it.
People like Alfonso are likely the typical SJW who just can’t understand why there’s a need for some re-assessment to the current framework and believes the bubble he lives in is perfect. The fact that political affairs (US v PRK) can affect whether or not athletes can join a competition is disgraceful as well.
Btw why did it take so long for the Iranians to get their Visa approved? I don’t recall any outcry from the Iranians at Houston 2015.
Btw you made a mistake with Apti Aukhadov in your list 🙁
LOL Oops; forgot Apti was caught in London… OK, but Artem for sure deserves to lift!
OK, what about the new hero – Lasha? Banned for 2 years in 2013 for stanozolol. Or Liao Hui – one of the greatest in recent history IMHO – banned for 2 years in 2011. So what’s the standard – should they play or should they rest in oblivion? Just asking…
Oh snap. I didn’t realize Lasha was banned! I don’t know and I don’t care. I just want everyone to follow the same rules without paying for other people’s misdeeds. If the rule is 2 pops before life ban, they stay. If it’s 1 now, then they go. Whatever the IWF decides should be the rule sounds fine to me; I don’t quibble about that but there are a whole lot of people who tested clean their whole lives but are serving a ban and that’s clearly not right.
Weeeellll so far so good. 326, 321, 318 for gold, silver, bronze in the men’s 62kg… oh, oops, it’s the 69kg. Best snatch under 150, best c&j under 180; who says this won’t be competitive, eh? LOL
USA clears the competition; every 69 from China, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia out of the way hoping CJ can get a cheap gold if not in the total, at least in the clean and jerk. Break the 3 decade dry spell, ya know? OK forget about a gold; how about any color, any discipline? Heck, I thought he could do it; they spoon-fed it to him. I thought Won would really have to fight to keep the gold out of CJ’s hands. Then the kid decides it’s squat jerk day! Does a lil’ tap dance under the bar on attempts 1 and 2, and throws it all out the window attempt 3. No total! Good thing Liao Hui, Shi Zhiyong or Ismayilov wasn’t there to take his medals, huh? LOL
That was fun; let’s do this again… never!
“Then the kid decides it’s squat jerk day!” – I could die laughing all day… haha
Pyrros Dimas says it’s cool; squat jerk YOLO lolol
Wowww!!!! I don’t recall seeing so incredibly weak first 3 categories from the men EVER! I hope Mohamed Ehab will save this tomorrow because it’s pathetic. Squat jerk should be banned 🙂 If your not strong enough to jerk that weight go back to practise. I mean CJ looked so good in the snatch and then he proved why squat jerk so wrong – he just lined up with Tian Tao and Lu Xiajoun. Throwing a medal away in front of the home crowd in a world champs without the 9 strongest nations? Pirros should have told him to forget this nonsense. Or maybe he did but was ignored..
Girls are great as always – even without the Chinese and the Russians.
63 was won with less than 58, is that a competition?
Oh let’s just wait there are no Asian female athletes in the upcoming categories who could have saved this World championships from a disgrace.
Dear Anna:
I am watching women 69kg A and I can predict results will be comparable to 58 kg! I like women weightlifting but Women weight division are all wrong IMO. Winning results in weight categories 58, 63, 69, and sometimes 75 kg is out of wack even when all weightlifting rich nations participate.
I was totally against adding 90 kg division but IWF claimed they have a data. Well, we have data from Asian, European, world, and Rio. They all show superior athletes in 53, 58, 63 kg can score in higher weight divisions.
Women weight divisions should be 50, 58-60, 65-70, 80-85, and +85. This will never happen because IOC want to give more medals to ladies. I have a possible solution. How about mixed team championship. Adding man and the woman total decides the medals. Weights could be women (up to) 65kg for ladies and up to 90 kg for men. This is not a new idea but never implemented.
Happy Holidays and enjoy 2017 championship with a grain of salt!
Well done, America.
You still have a chance though. Let’s ban more countries next year so you can finally see your athletes up on the podium, shall we?
You are ruining the sport just because you can’t accept that you are weaker, turning decades of hard work of many generations into an instagram affair. Pathetic.
Well congrats to the 77! First men’s class results that didn’t look typical for the class beneath it (although Ihab’s 361 could easily look like a Liao Hui vs. Shi Zhiyong rematch total). 19kg off the WR, which is great considering the first 3 classes averaged over 30kg off the WR. Congrats to Ihab for the win! Hope Rostami’s not too bored tomorrow; maybe he’ll pull another Fajr Cup WR LOL
I do wonder, though, why Yeison Lopez wasn’t there. Did the US send someone to his gym to tell him they’d frame him for doping if he showed up? That way, Mauris could medal! LOL I jest… hopefully. They didn’t bother with CJ cus they thought he had it until Won’s jaw fell on the ground thinking he was dreaming as he took 3 World golds in the 69 with just 148+178. Lee BaeYoung’s prolly at home dropping F-bombs at the TV screen since he took home silver in 2003, 2004, 2005 behind Chinese lifters while averaging 340 total.
Don’t be so confident about Rostami. The 85 could be more competitive than you’d expect. Lets say if training hall is any indicator…just saying 😉
Opponent opens 203, decides to open 212 anyway knee injury and all = when keepin’ it real goes wrong LOL
The Chilean was really quite impressive, most impressive so far. Decent challenge to the WR from an almost unheard of lifter but he rushed the jerk in his excitement. Highlight of this comp for me.
Tuesday is a MUST for watching the conclusion of this competition.
I look forward to see Laurel Hubbard in women +90. Mrs. (ex-Mr.) Hubbard is a 39 year old lifter from New Zealand with 2nd best declared total of 280 in this group!
Predictions:
Men 105 best total belongs to Ivan Efremov but he is not very strong in C&J. So, I am betting on close competition between him and Artūrs Plēsnieks who is 25 and some experience. 410 will win the group.
Women 90: Chili will get 2nd gold medal, Maria Fernanda VALDES PARIS.
I guess if anyone is not happy with his results in Men 105, he can try in a couple of years in Women 90+ … This is an entire new universe of opportunities, now when the weightlifting is finally clean of doping…
Oh my! 2017 didn’t have a world weightlifting competition; it was a world weightlifting circus LOL
Congrats to Mohradi!
What a joke, lifters get done for doping but it’s okay for a man to clobber heads in the female competition. What’s the difference?
Go to this guy channel and watch reruns on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJZ7THPOU8EZ0Nmixa_euzg
Lasha is the best! He could be best ever and he will do 265 C&J soon.
His 220 snatch was not legal IMO. Watch it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPmS3VutTPc
at 42:50 and the slow motion. He can do it again but this time his right hand was jerking all over the place.
Second that. At least this 220 was not more legal than Behdad’s DQ attempts, if we want consistent criteria. Anyway this weight is obviously entirely within his “normal” range, and 257 c&j has a good reserve but we still don’t know exactly how much until he decides to push the c&j over his comfort zone at some competion (as Lovchev did in Houston).
Great coverage as always Gregor. THANK YOU!
well, US got gold in the obese category, how fitting !
(+ the man who got the ok to compete in a women’s category)