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What does Trump’s Ban of 7 Muslim Countries mean for Weightlifting?

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Meanwhile in the US … You probably heard about Donald Trump’s executive order to close US borders to 7 Muslim-majority countries (via). Affected Countries: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, Somalia. The executive order bans citizens of of these countries entering the United States for at least the next 90 days, and bans refugees from Syria indefinitely. With […]

11 Bulgarian Weightlifters Test Positive *Update 500000 USD Fine Dropped by CAS*

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(Original Post from March 2015. See Updates.) Here we go again … Reuters reports that 11 Bulgarian weightlifters tested positive two weeks ago during a training camp for the 2015 Europeans. Same deal as in 2008, when 11 Bulgarians tested positive for methandienone (Dianabol). Update 28.01.2017: After initially ruling that Bulgaria doesn’t have to pay the 500000 […]

Rebeka Koha & Ritvars Suharevs First German Bundesliga Competition *Suharevs Clean & Jerks*

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Meanwhile in Germany … Yesterday I drove down to Plauen to meet Rebeka Koha and Ritvars Suharevs for their first German bundesliga weightlifting competition. If you have never met them, let me tell you they are both very friendly and easy to talk to, which makes filming them super easy. Same goes for their coach Eduards Andruskevics. […]

Lin Qingfeng 190kg Clean Fast Pull

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Meanwhile in China … Lin Qingfeng (69kg) performing Clean Fast Pulls in slow motion. More: Lin Qingfeng’s Handstand to Partner Back Stretch Lin Qing feng (69kg gold medal in2012 Olympic Games)clean fast pulls 190kg. #olympicweightlifting #olympics #weightlifting #lifter #crossfit #cleanandjerk #pullups #olylifting #awesomeweightlifting #china #chineseweightlifting A video posted by AWESOME WEIGHTLIFTING?? (@awesome_weightlifting) on Jan 26, 2017 […]

Weightlifting News: Antonio Urso wants to change Olympic qualification away from team to individual quotas

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Meanwhile in Russia … European weightlifting federation president Antonio Urso (Italy) is currently on a visit in Russia where he took part in a press conference titled “Weightlifting: problems and solutions”. Also taking part were president of the Russian WL federation Maxim Agapitov and the new head coaches Nikolai Kolesnikov and Pavel Kuznetsov. Urso announced […]