There were 29 world records at the IWF World Championships, where athletes from PRK, China, Bulgaria, the United States, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Iraq and elsewhere put on a show that will long be remembered. So did the host nation. Every member of PRK’s team of 17 won at least one medal in Manama. Two of PRK’s […]
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Super-heavyweights from Armenia, Iran, Iraq and host nation Bahrain were urged on by a noisy capacity crowd as they made the final session one of the highlights of 10 memorable days at the 2024 IWF World Championships. There was some remarkable lifting in the women’s contest that preceded it, too. A newcomer from China, Li […]
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Ruslan Nurudinov brought the crowd to their feet at the IWF World Championships in Bahrain when he became one of the oldest weightlifters ever to break a world record. Now Nurudinov, 33, is reconsidering his decision to retire from the sport. The Uzbekistan hero, Olympic champion at 105kg in 2016, won the 109kg contest by […]
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