Weightlifting EWF European Championships 2017

[heywoodu 15,161]

13 minutes ago, MHSN said:

 

more simple probably for the fans to understand

 

 

I doubt that. Now you have to remember who lifted which weight first instead of just looking at the body weight that's mentioned everywhere anyway  

[Federer91 2,798]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Oh right, I remember now. How does that make anything more fair? 

 

It's not, absolutely idiotic. Two guys lift the same weight, with the same attempts, but the one that is first in the start list wins the gold, while the other gets silver, even though they have done the same thing.  Things get more and more absurd...

[heywoodu 15,161]

Just now, Federer91 said:

 

It's not, absolutely idiotic. Two guys lift the same weight, with the same attempts, but the one that is first in the start list wins the gold, while the other gets silver, even though they have done the same thing.  Things get more and more absurd...

I do get this rule for the heavy categories dcro mentioned, where you've got 150kg monsters competing with 106kg people for example. For the rest it's just stupid and, indeed, absolutely idiotic. 

[Gianlu33 4,580]

Mirco Scarantino is European Champion for the 2nd years in a raw  

[Federer91 2,798]

Tough categorie, at least we got one bronze in the C&J, though of course i wished it was in the overall, but our guys were too far after the snatch. Grozdev is only 18, he sets a good marker for the future. The cyrpiot was a surpise for me, almost clinched a big medal.

[Federer91 2,798]

Rebeka Koha 

[dcro 10,210]

Commentators here are calling the total category (snatch + clear&jerk) as "biathlon".

 

Theoretically it's a correct name, but yeah...

[dareza 911]

17 minutes ago, dcro said:

Commentators here are calling the total category (snatch + clear&jerk) as "biathlon".

 

Theoretically it's a correct name, but yeah...

 

same here

[heywoodu 15,161]

World youth championships -44kg gold for Chen Yarou of China....who is only 13 

http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=378

 

I mean, I know it's youth, but didn't know some top athletes are that young  

Edited April 5, 2017 by heywoodu

[Jur 683]

Aren't those new rules that in case of a tie "whoever asked first for that weigth wins" kind of stupid?