Weightlifting Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[River Knight 10]

31 minutes ago, Vic Liu said:

Welcome to the forum @River Knight. Nice to see new comer from Asia, especially my nearest neighbor, I am from Guangxi by the way.

Hi @Vic Liu. I've been lurking around at this site for a while so I decided to create an account to prepare for the upcoming Olympics 

[thiago_simoes 1,441]

1 hour ago, River Knight said:

Currently, I doubt that our federation has the ability to test young athletes regularly, let alone has a doping scheme.

Vietnam has almost 100 million people. In a huge country like this, it baffles me that the only sport to have decent chances at an Olympic medal doesn't receive enough funding to test athletes, apparently.

[Fly_like_a_don 1,142]

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1108351/weightlifting-africa-conditions

 

Even school weightlifting championships in India aren't this bad  , like who keeps training place in a parking lot that too cars are parking as if it's no one there

[MHSN 3,783]

On 09/05/2021 at 17:25, MHSN said:

@rybak this is probably surprising for you but Bartlomiej ADAMUS in that world juniors list has a very good chance to qualify for the Olympics. he is currently 34th in the ranking but only 4 weightlifters are between him and the European Quota. and he will surpass all 4 of them if he lifts 371kg (that was his record at the European Championships) actually he only needs 365kg for that.

 

and maybe even 347kg (which is a very very low record) does the job for him if Russia and Albania elect to send different weightlifters (very likely)

Adamus finished with 355kg. he tried twice for 365kg to guarantee himself a place in Tokyo but failed.

 

he is currently 3rd in line for the European quota behind Russia and Albania. Russia most probably won't use this guy but not sure about Albania. they have 2 quotas (1 is already confirmed) they surely prefer Qerimaj at 81kg but if he doesn't make it they will use this 96kg quota.

 

 

[thiago_simoes 1,441]

9 hours ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1108351/weightlifting-africa-conditions

 

Even school weightlifting championships in India aren't this bad  , like who keeps training place in a parking lot that too cars are parking as if it's no one there

What the!? This is horrible!!! It's Bidani right there, a medalist at the World Championships, training under such conditions! MAJOR respect for him! 

[heywoodu 16,142]

9 hours ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1108351/weightlifting-africa-conditions

 

Even school weightlifting championships in India aren't this bad  , like who keeps training place in a parking lot that too cars are parking as if it's no one there

I wonder how these championships usually are in terms of organisation (no doubt better than this), but somehow I wonder if people are really surprised by it. Disappointed, sure, but surprised...?

 

Respect for these athletes, good luck trying to perform in this..

[MHSN 3,783]

IWF updates its website with African Champs results and added them to the  Olympic Ranking. only some weights at the World Juniors are left.

 

from what I see, the followings are the best ranked Africans

 

61kg: E. Andriantsitohaina

67kg: T. Andriatsitohaina

73kg: Ben Hnia (Top 8) and Moum

81kg: Bahloul

96kg: Amoah

109kg: Bacha

+109kg: Bidani (Top 8)

no African weightlifter is eligible to grab the +109kg African quota.

 

49kg: Ranaivosoa

55kg: Landoulsi (she is also Africa #1 at 59kg)

59kg: Rahmouni ( Taljaard is next)

64kg: Rahmouni ( Pretorious is next)

76kg: Eyenga

87kg: Meukeugni

+87kg: nobody is eligible

 

* Rahmouni is more likely to pick 64kg

[Khadidja Aisha 29]

Strange that no one from  Nigeria a strong African  weightlifting nation.

But i likethat Madagaskarqualifies onthere onehandwith outwildcards.

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

2 hours ago, MHSN said:

61kg: E. Andriantsitohaina

67kg: T. Andriatsitohaina

Dumb question, but is it Andriantsitohaina or Andriatsitohaina? Or both?

[Fly_like_a_don 1,142]

6 hours ago, Khadidja Aisha said:

Strange that no one from  Nigeria a strong African  weightlifting nation.

They used to win before before they started being caught for doping regularly