World Weightlifting Championships 2013: Daily Results, Medals Table and Schedule

The 2013 IWF World Weightlifting Championships have begun in Wroclaw, Poland. The week-long event will take place from Sunday, Oct. 20 to Sunday, Oct. 27, and when it's all said and done, the best in the world in each weight class will be crowned.

Here's a full breakdown on what has transpired and what is soon to come.

According to the event's entry list, 317 weightlifters from 59 nations will participate at the 2013 IWF World Weightlifting Championships. Men and women from across the globe will all compete for medals and international supremacy.

Here's how it's all transpiring in Wroclaw.  

All statistics, results and schedule times provided by the International Weightlifting Federation.

Schedule

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Date	Time (ET)	Event
Sunday, Oct. 20	5 a.m.	Women's 48 kg Group B
	7:25 a.m.	Women's 48 kg Group A
Monday, Oct. 21	6 a.m.	Women's 53 kg Group B
	8 a.m.	Men's 56 kg Group B
	10:55 a.m.	Women's 53 kg Group A
	1:55 p.m.	Men's 56 kg Group A
Tuesday, Oct. 22	6 a.m.	Women's 58 kg Group B
	8 a.m.	Men's 62 kg Group B
	10:55 a.m.	Women's 58 kg Group A
	3:55 p.m.	Men's 62 kg Group A
Wednesday, Oct. 23	4 a.m.	Men's 69 kg Group B
	6 a.m.	Women's 69 kg Group B
	8 a.m.	Women's 63 kg Group B
	10:55 a.m.	Women's 63 kg Group A
	3:55 p.m.	Men's 69 kg Group A
Thursday, Oct. 24	4 a.m.	Women's 69 kg Group B
	6 a.m.	Men's 77 kg Group B
	8 a.m.	Men's 85 kg Group C
	12:55 p.m.	Women's 69 kg Group A
	3:55 p.m.	Men's 77 kg Group A
Friday, Oct. 25	4 a.m.	Men's 85 kg Group B
	6 a.m.	Women's 75 kg Group B
	8 a.m.	Women's 75 kg Group B
	12:55 p.m.	Men's 85 kg Group A
	3:55 p.m.	Women's 75 kg Group A
Saturday, Oct. 26	4 a.m.	Men's 105/+105 kg Group C
	6 a.m.	Men's 94 kg Group B
	8 a.m.	Men's 105 kg Group B
	10:55 a.m.	Men's 94 kg Group A
	3:55 p.m.	Women's +75 kg Group A
Sunday, Oct. 27	4 a.m.	Men's +105 kg Group B
	6:55 a.m.	Men's 105 kg Group A
	9:55 a.m.	Men's +105 kg Group A

Medals Table

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Medal Count (Total)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	China	5	1	1	7
2.	North Korea	1	4	0	5
3.	Russia	1	1	1	3

Medal Count (Total plus Snatch, Clean and Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	China	3	0	0	3
2.	North Korea	0	3	0	3
3.	Mexico	0	0	3	3

Daily Results: Sunday, Oct. 20

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Sunday, Oct. 20

		Women's 48 kg
Event	Gold	Silver	Silver
Snatch	Tan Yayun, China (84 kg)	Ryang Chun-Hwa North Korea (81 kg)	Carolina Valencia, Mexico (78 kg)
Clean and Jerk	Tan Yayun, China (115 kg)	Ryang Chun-Hwa, North Korea (105 kg)	Carolina Valencia, Mexico (103 kg)
Total	Tan Yayun, China (199 kg)	Ryang Chun-Hwa, North Korea (186 kg)	Carolina Valencia, Mexico (181 kg)

The women of weightlifting took center stage on the opening day of action in Poland. At the 48-kilogram level, it was a fresh face who stepped up to dominate the competition: Tan Yayun of China.   

Yayun posted the best marks in the snatch, 84 kilograms, and the clean and jerk, 115 kilograms. This added up to a total number of 199 kilograms, thus earning her the first gold medal of the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships.

Behind Yayun was Ryang Chun-Hwa of North Korea, who won silver with a total of 186 kilograms. Carolina Valencia of Mexico earned the bronze medal by checking in at 181 kilograms.

China, North Korea and Mexico are now on the board with medals won.

Daily Results: Monday, Oct. 21

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Monday, Oct. 21 

Women's 53kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Li Yajun China 100kg	Christina Iovu Azerbaijan 100kg	Sopita Tanasan Thailand 91kg
Clean and Jerk	Li Yajun China 121kg	Christina Iovu Azerbaijan 121kg	Kittima Sutanan Thailans 114kg
Total	Li Yajun China 221kg	Christina Iovu Azerbaijan 221 kg	Sopita Tanasan Thailand 203 kg

There was drama on Day 2 of the IWF World Championships in Wroclaw, Poland.

Li Yajun squeezed home to take top spot in the women’s 53kg category, handing China their second gold medal of the week.  

Yajun lifted 100kg in the snatch and 121kg in the clean and jerk, the exact same weights lifted by Christina Iovu of Azerbaijan. But it all came down to a matter of weight, 0.34kg to be exact. 

Because Yajun weighed in at 52.39kg at the start of the event and Iovu clocked the scales at 52.73, Yajun won outright as a result of being a shed lighter.

Sopita Tanasan of Thailand came home in third place with an overall score of 203, pipping compatriot Kittima Sutanan by 3kg.

Men's 56kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Qingquan Long China 130kg	Om Yin Chol North Korea 127kg	Kim Tuan Thach Vietnam 12kkg
Clean and Jerk	Om Yin Chol North Korea 162kg	Qingquan Long China 157kg	Kim Tuan Thach Vietnam 157kg
Total	Om Yin Chol North Korea 289kg	Qingquan Long China 287kg	Kim Tuan Thach Vietnam 283kg

Om Yin Chol of North Korea took home the first men's gold medal of the week-long Championships.

After a 127kg snatch, Om sat in second place in the standings but he blew his opponents out of the water with a 162kg clean and jerk, which was over five kilograms clear of his nearest challenger. 

The silver medal went to Qingquan Long of China, who led after the snatch, and the bronze went to Vietnam's Kim Tuan Thach, who produced a solid performance.

Daily Results: Tuesday Oct. 22

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Tuesday, Oct. 22

Women's 58kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Wei Deng China, 108kg	Hsing-Chun Kuo Chinese Taipei, 108kg	M A Escobar Guerrero Ecuador, 133kg
Clean and Jerk	Hsing-Chun Kuo Chinese Taipei, 133kg	M A Escobar Guerrero Ecuador, 122kg	Elena Shadrina, Russia 122kg
Total	Hsing-Chun Kuo Chinese Taipei, 241kg	M A Escobar Guerrero Ecuador, 225kg	Elena Shadrina, Russia 218kg

Hsing-Chun Kuo won Chinese Taipei’s first gold medal of this week’s World Championships in the 58kg women’s category, in what was a strange Day 3 in Wroclaw, Poland.

The firm favourite from China, Deng Wei, lifted 108kg in the snatch, to take the lead at the half-way point. Although the eventual winner Kuo lifted the same weight, Wei went top of the leaderboard based on the fact she weighed half a kilogram lighter.

But that’s when it all unraveled for Deng as the Chinese lifter surprisingly failed to register a score in the clean and jerk, which sent her crashing out of the competition. 

Kuo benefitted from Deng’s failures to take home top spot, while Ecuador's Maria Alexandra Escobar Guerrero won silver and Elena Shadrina of Russia finished with bronze.

Men's 62kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Kim Un Guk North Korea 150kg	Lijun Chen China, 146kg	V S Hristov Azerbaijan, 141kg
Clean and Jerk	O A Figueroa Mosquera Colombia, 177kg	Lijun Chen China, 175kg	V S Hristov Azerbaijan, 170kg
Total	Lijun Chen China, 321kg	Kim Un Guk North Korea 320kg	O A Figueroa Mosquera Colombia, 316kg

It was a case of one kilogram between gold and silver in the men's 62kg category.

Lijun Chen, a 20-year-old lifter from China, pipped Kim Un Guk to the gold medal by a fraction after a consistent display in both the snatch and the clean and jerk.

Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera, who took bronze, had put himself in contention with a massive lift of 177kg in the clean and jerk but he failed to back it up in the snatch, lifting 139kg. 

Daily Results Wednesday Oct. 23

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Wednesday, Oct. 23

Women's 63kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Tima Turieva Russia, 112kg	Hyang Jo Pok  North Korea, 109kg	Mengrong Deng China, 108kg
Clean and Jerk	Tima Turieva Russia, 140kg	Hyang Jo Pok  North Korea, 140kg	Mengrong Deng China, 136kg
Total	Tima Turieva Russia, 252kg	Hyang Jo Pok  North Korea, 249kg	Mengrong Deng China, 244kg

Tima Turieva became the world champion in the women's 63kg event after lifting a total of 252kg on Day 4 in Wroclaw, Poland. 

The Russian led in both the snatch and clean and jerk, the latter due to her lower bodyweight, and she finished the day three kilograms clear of her closest challenger. 

Hyang Jo Pok of North Korea took silver, while China's Mengrong Deng rounded off the podium with a total lift of 244kg. 

Men's 69kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Hui Liao China, 160kg	Oleg Chen Russia, 160kg	Myong Hyok Kim North Korea, 152kg
Clean and Jerk	Hui Liao China, 198kg	Firidun Guliyev Azerbaijan, 194kg	Myong Hyok Kim North Korea, 185kg
Total	Hui Liao China, 358kg	Oleg Chen Russia, 340kg	Firidun Guliyev Azerbaijan, 337kg

There were two new world records set on Day 4 in Wroclaw.

Liao Hui of China finished atop the podium after lifting a world record of 198kg in the clean and jerk. Hui had led the men's 69kg category after the snatch—due to the fact he weighs slightly less than Oleg Chen—with a lift of 160kg, and when both his scores were combined together it was good enough for another world record. His total lift of 358kg was the first of its kind. 

Russia's Chen did enough in the snatch to claim silver, while Firidun Guliyev finished with the bronze medal after a lift of 194kg in the clean and jerk. 

Daily Results: Thursday, Oct.24

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Thursday, Oct.24

Women's 69kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Yanmei Xiang China, 123kg	Un Hui Ryo North Korea, 119kg	Oxana Slivenko Russia, 118kg
Clean and Jerk	Yanmei Xiang China, 148kg	Dzina Sazanavets Belarus, 143kg	Un Hui Ryo North Korea, 143kg
Total	Yanmei Xiang China, 271kg	Un Hui Ryo North Korea, 262kg	Dzina Sazanavets Belarus, 259kg

Xiang Yanmel handed China their fifth gold medal at the World Championships in Poland. 

The 21-year-old brushed aside the rest of the field in the 69kg category, winning comfortably in both the snatch and clean and jerk. Her lift at 145kg in the latter was good enough for first place but she didn't stop there, attempting the lift at 148kg, which she managed on her third go. 

The youngest participant in the competition, Un Hui Ryo of North Korea, won the silver medal, while Dzina Sazanavets of Belarus rounded out the podium with a total of 259kg. 

Daily Results: Friday, Oct. 25

Friday, Oct. 25

Men's 85kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Janos Baranyai, Hungary, 155kg	Michael Muller, Germany, 150kg	Freddy Fernando Tenorio Mina, Ecuador, 150kg
Clean and Jerk	Janos Baranyai, Hungary, 191kg	Michael Muller, Germany, 190kg	Freddy Fernando Tenorio Mina, Ecuador, 185kg
Total	Janos Baranyai, Hungary, 346kg	Michael Muller, Germany, 340kg	Freddy Fernando Tenorio Mina, Ecuador, 335kg

Friday was a day for the underdog as China's grip on the weightlifting championships was broken up at least temporarily, with the other world powers clutching at their chance for victory.

Hungary grabbed their first medal of the World Championships and it was gold as Janos Baranyai wiped away the nightmares of his 2008 lifting accident (not for the faint of heart) with a triumph on the Polish stage.

On that occasion, the Hungarian failed in lifting 148kg, over-extending his elbow in a massive way. This time, he obliterated that mark with a lift of 155kg.

That's how one pushed past their demons.

Women's +75kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa, Venezuela, 115kg	Mami Shimamoto, Japan, 110kg	Naryury Alexandra Perez Reveron, Venezuela, 109kg
Clean and Jerk	Naryury Alexandra Perez Reveron, Venezuela, 142kg	Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa, Venezuela, 140kg	Shelbie Renee Serpan, USA, 135kg
Total	Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa, Venezuela, 255kg	Naryury Alexandra Perez Reveron, Venezuela, 251kg	Mami Shimamoto, Japan, 243kg

Mami Shimamoto (pictured above) put in a huge effort to fire Japan to their first medal at these World Championships and ultimately brought the Asian nation a bronze prize.

However, it was Venezuela's Yaniuska Isabel Espinosa who stole the headlines of the +75kg category, thanks largely to the titanic snatch that eclipsed some of her opponents' lifts by as much as 25kg.

The two kilogram margin by which she lost out to her compatriot Naryury Alexandra Perez Reveron was acceptable and the South American pair would eventually steal the two top spots on the podium in what was a fine outing for Venezuela.

Daily Results: Saturday, Oct. 26

Saturday, Oct. 26

Men's 94kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Aliaksandr Makaranka, Belarus, 180kg	Alexandr Ivanov, Russia, 180kg	Vladimir Sedov, Kazachstan, 180kg
Clean and Jerk	Alexandr Ivanov, Russia, 222kg	Almas Uteshov, Kazachstan, 222kg	Vladimir Sedov, Kazachstan, 216kg
Total	Alexandr Ivanov, Russia, 402kg	Almas Uteshov, Kazachstan, 397kg	Vladimir Sedov, Kazachstan, 396kg

Russia's Alexandr Ivanov, a silver medalist in the London 2012 Olympics, went one podium place better in Warsaw setting a new world record total for his category to claim gold and become the new world champion. Ivanov's win was also Russia's third consecutive world championship gold at this weight.

Kazachstan dominated the silver and bronze positions through Almas Ulteshov and Vladimir Sedov, with Aliaksandr Makaranka of Belarus eventually finishing in fourth place after only managing to lift 210 kg in the Clean and Jerk.

Local interest, Tomasz Zielinkski, finished in eighth place.

Women's +75kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Kang Yue, China, 126kg	Olga Zubova, Russia, 125kg	Lidia Valentin, Spain, 122kg
Clean and Jerk	Olga Zubova, Russia, 157kg	Nadezhda Yevstyukhina, Russia, 157kg	Kang Yue, China, 150kg
Total	Olga Zubova, Russia, 282kg	Nadezhda Yevstyukhina, Russia, 277kg	Kang Yue, China, 276kg

Completing a Russian clean sweep of the gold medal positions on Day 7 of the World Weightlifting Championships 2013, Olga Zubova became the new Women's world champion in the 75 kg category at the age of just 20 years of age.

She was joined on the next step of the podium by her countrywomen Nadezhda Yevstyukhina with China's Kang Yue taking bronze. Poland's Ewa Mizdal, like her male counterpart in the Men's 94 kg class, finished in eighth place.

Yevstyukhina, the reigning world champion from 2011, fell behind the early leaders in the Snatch, only managing to lift 120 kg in her first and only successful attempt.

Fortunately for the Russian, Spain's Lidia Valentin was only able to record a lift of 138 kg in the Clean and Jerk after her final attempt at lifting 146 kg was ruled as a foul by the judges. That allowed Kang Yue to surge into third with a lift of 150 kg, beaten only by Zubova and Yevstyukhina.

Zubova almost missed out on gold however, with Yevstyukhina trying and failing to reach the 163 kg lift that would have allowed her to retain her title.

Daily Results: Sunday, Oct. 27

Sunday, Oct. 27

Men's 105kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Ruslan Nurudinov, Uzbekistan, 190kg	Bartlomiej Bonk, Poland, 188kg	Aleh Loban, Belarus, 182kg
Clean and Jerk	Ruslan Nurudinov, Uzbekistan, 235kg	David Bedzhanyan, Russian, 225kg	Mohammadreza Barari, Iran, 221kg
Total	Ruslan Nurudinov, Uzbekistan, 425kg	David Bedzhanyan, Russian, 405kg	Bartlomiej Bonk, Poland, 404kg

Uzbekistan became the fifth country to win a gold medal in Warsaw as Ruslan Nurudinov became the new World Champion with a total of 425 kg, with hosts Poland finally claiming a podium place through Bartlomiej Bonk.

The local hero's bronze placed finish led to Poland becoming the 15th country to win any medal at this year's world championships. Bonk's success follows on from an Olympic bronze at London 2012.

David Bedzhanyan's performance in the Clean and Jerk saw that Russia added another medal to their haul, with the European Championship gold medallist collecting silver, yet he could have snatched the top prize, ordering for a world record breaking weight of 236 kg. Unfortunately his strength on the day failed to match his boldness.

Men's +105kg Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Snatch	Ruslan Albegov, Russia, 209kg	Bahador Moulaei, Iran, 203kg	Aleksei Lovchev, Russia, 200kg
Clean and Jerk	Bahador Moulaei, Iran, 255kg	Ruslan Albegov, Russia, 255kg	Artem Udachyn, Ukraine, 232kg
Total	Ruslan Albegov, Russia, 464kg	Bahador Moulaei, Iran, 458kg	Aleksei Lovchev, Russia, 430kg

Ruslan Albegov became Russia's fourth world champion in Warsaw, claiming the gold medal in the +105 kg super heavyweight classification.

The Russian was a bronze medallist at London 2012, and also claimed gold at the 2012 and 2013 European Weightlifting Championships.

Iran's Bahador Moulaei attempted to equal Albegov's total with a final lift of 261 kg in the Clean and Jerk but he failed in his attempt, finishing with silver.

Bronze went to Russia's Aleksei Lovchev who can third in the Snatch and fifth in the Clean and Jerk, with Ukraine's Artem Udachyn's efforts in the second discipline foiled by his inability to record a lift in the Snatch.