2017 Universiade Taipei Weightlifting

It’s time for the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan! This page will be updated throughout the event.

When: 20.08 – 25.06.2017

Athletes send in clips from training or competition if you can.

Update: Start List (PDF)

Recordings

W48kg A W53kg A W58kg A W63kg A W69kg A W75kg A W90kg A M+90kg A

M56kg A M62kg A M69kg A M77kg A M85kg A M94kg A M105kg A M+105kg A

Highlights

58kg: NEW WORLD RECORD! Kuo Hsing-Chun clean and jerks 142kg after snatching 107kg!

A post shared by All Things Gym (@atginsta) on Aug 21, 2017 at 6:06am PDT

A post shared by All Things Gym (@atginsta) on Aug 21, 2017 at 5:16am PDT

56kg: Om Yun Chol (North Korea) snatches 129kg and attempts a clean and jerk world record at 172kg!

A post shared by All Things Gym (@atginsta) on Aug 20, 2017 at 1:13am PDT

It’s surprising, who suddenly is a “student” 🙂

Who is eligible to compete at Universiade? From the regulations (PDF):

Only the following may participate as competitors in the Summer Universiade:

a) Be a national of the country they represent;

b) Be born between January 1, 1989 and December 31, 1999;

c) Students who are currently officially registered as proceeding towards a degree or diploma at the university or similar institute, the status of which is recognised by the appropriate national academic authority of their country;

d) Former students of the institutions mentioned in a) who have obtained their academic degree or diploma in the year preceding the event.

In countries with fewer than 2,000,000 inhabitants or having fewer than 5,000 university students, students attending technical or secondary schools may participate in FISU events provided they have been attending their establishments for at least two (2) years. […]

Schedule

Sunday 20. August

9:30 48kg B
11:30 56k, 62kg B
14:00 56kg A Live Stream
16:30 48kg A Live Stream?
19:00 62kg A Live Stream

Monday 21. August

9:30 53, 58kg B
11:30 69kg B
14:00 53kg A Live Stream?
16:30 69kg A Live Stream
19:00 58kg A Live Stream? We need a Taiwanese sports channel stream.

Tuesday 22. August

9:30 63kg B
11:30 77kg B
14:00 63kg A Live Stream
16:30 77kg A Live Stream

Wednesday 23. August

9:30 W69kg B
11:30 85kg B
14:00 W69kg A Live Stream
16:30 85kg A Live Stream

Thursday 24. August

9:30 75kg B
11:30 94, 105kg B
14:00 94kg A Live Stream
16:30 75kg A Live Stream
19:00 105kg A Live Stream

Friday 25. August

9:30 90, +90kg B
11:30 +105kg B
14:00 90kg A Live Stream
16:30 +105kg A Live Stream
19:00 +90kg A Live Stream