Weightlifting IWF World Championships 2025

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 got fourth in the women's team title

[ChandlerMne 1,202]

Have China sent their B team?

[ChandlerMne 1,202]

Worst performance of China since 1986 WCh.

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IWF has a terrible team ranking system, which nobody cares about (except the Iranians )

 

for winning the team title you don't need lots of medals, you just need a full team of average weightlifters and they have to be careful not bombing out. 

 

our WL federation is now considering winning this stupid team title as a huge huge achievement. and they are selling it pretty well to our media and our sport officials. unfortunately traditionally we just care too much about team ranking in individual sports. I assume nobody else in the world cares about that.

 

in most sports caring about the team ranking doesn't affect your performance, you try your best to win as many medals as possible anyway but it's a different story in weightlifting, it makes our coaches very cautious , their #1 priority is not bombing out, our first attempts are always very conservative 

 

last night was an exception, they were already sure about the team title and let Davoudi lift whatever he wants and he just bombed out while he only needed something 20kg lighter to win the bronze . (it was the Korean's lucky day to win that bronze)

 

so while our WL federation is celebrating it like a big big win, it was a below average tournament for Iran winning only 2 silver medals. we don't have big stars in our team anymore, days of likes of Salimi, Rezazadeh, Moradi, Rostami (not this version of him) are over. but the glass wasn't completely empty  Nassiri and Moeini did great here, they weren't expected to medal.

Edited October 12 by MHSN

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For those who can't get enough weightlifting, the Para Powerlifting World Championships in Cairo  are happening now and, at least in the USA, are streaming live on the Paralympic Youtube channel. 

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On 10/12/2025 at 5:06 PM, ChandlerMne said:

Have China sent their B team?

Most likely, their best weightlifters stayed home preparing for the Chinese National Games in November.