Weightlifting 2018 Discussion Thread

[MHSN 3,625]

Saeid Mohammadpour finally received his gold medal from 2012 London Olympics officially today in Ashgabat after 6 years ! he originally finished 5th but top 4 all tested positive for doping I assume this is kind of a record to be upgraded from 5th place to gold medal.

 

this is a picture of him on the "podium"

 

[heywoodu 15,148]

1 hour ago, MHSN said:

Saeid Mohammadpour finally received his gold medal from 2012 London Olympics officially today in Ashgabat after 6 years ! he originally finished 5th but top 4 all tested positive for doping I assume this is kind of a record to be upgraded from 5th place to gold medal.

 

Wait, he was in the Olympics as a 19-year old and since then had no international competition ever again?  

[MHSN 3,625]

13 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Wait, he was in the Olympics as a 19-year old and since then had no international competition ever again?  

 

well he was part of the gangs boycotted the team in 2013 and he was always injured since then.

 

this is how he got injured during the trial competition in Iran, he was preparing for 2015 Wch if I'm not wrong

https://tamasha.com/v/JZkn

[heywoodu 15,148]

17 minutes ago, MHSN said:

 

well he was part of the gangs boycotted the team in 2013 and he was always injured since then.

 

this is how he got injured during the trial competition in Iran, he was preparing for 2015 Wch if I'm not wrong

https://tamasha.com/v/JZkn

Fuuuuuck

 

[MHSN 3,625]

it seems Mohammadpour wasn't the only weightlifter receiving his medal in Ashgabat, Gulnoi (THA, 2012) and Ulanov (KAZ, 2016) also received their medals.

 

https://www.iwf.net/2018/11/08/three-lifters-awarded-olympic-medals/

 

interesting that they only awarded the gold medal in that weight where all 3 medalists are disqualified now. no silver and bronze ?

[heywoodu 15,148]

5 minutes ago, MHSN said:

it seems Mohammadpour wasn't the only weightlifter receiving his medal in Ashgabat, Gulnoi (THA, 2012) and Ulanov (KAZ, 2016) also received their medals.

 

https://www.iwf.net/2018/11/08/three-lifters-awarded-olympic-medals/

 

interesting that they only awarded the gold medal in that weight where all 3 medalists are disqualified now. no silver and bronze ?

Maybe he was the only one who was not caught?  

[MHSN 3,625]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Maybe he was the only one who was not caught?  

 

in Top 7 yes, but the South Korean 8th placer (upgraded to 2nd) also has a clean record. maybe he wasn't just there. it's not necessary to attend a ceremony to receive your medal. they can just send it to your home.

 

and as I asked before, no idea if Zielinksi really receives anything.

 

funny that Ilya Ilyin himself was there in Ashgabat when they were awarding "his medal" to someone else

[Wumo 3,002]

European youth champion,  Dayana Dimitrova, receives a life ban from competing in international weightlifting after her second doping offense since April 2017. 

The Bulgarian weightlifting federation said that the 18-year-old Bulgarian had used a banned diuretic while training privately. Her coach said she had used the drug to lose weight before the competition in Poland.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-weightlifting-bulgaria/fresh-blow-for-bulgaria-as-youth-champion-banned-for-life-over-doping-idUSKBN1O61RL

 

Well that was a long international weightlifting career for Dimitrova. 

Edited December 7, 2018 by wumo26

[heywoodu 15,148]

4 minutes ago, wumo26 said:

European youth champion,  Dayana Dimitrova, receives a life ban from competing in international weightlifting after her second doping offense since April 2017. 

The Bulgarian weightlifting federation said that the 18-year-old Bulgarian had used a banned diuretic while training privately. Her coach said she had used the drug to lose weight before the competition in Poland.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-weightlifting-bulgaria/fresh-blow-for-bulgaria-as-youth-champion-banned-for-life-over-doping-idUSKBN1O61RL

 

Well that was a long international weightlifting career for Dimitrova. 

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[heywoodu 15,148]

The world champs are the only results in the entire year? Something is wrong on IWF's website

https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/results_by_events/?event_type=all&event_age=all&event_nation=all&x=11&y=7