The global strength of weightlifting was highlighted in Lima when athletes from 22 countries were on the podium on a truly international day at the World Youth and Junior Championships the Pacific island whose population of 12,000 is 1.4 billion less than China The medallists came from all five continental federations “I am so happy about this,” said the IWF President Mohamed Jalood and Albania taking medals at the same time as China is an example to everybody of weightlifting’s popularity in all parts of the world.” Jalood was speaking after presenting the medals to Albania’s first champion Carja broke all three European youth records in making 98-115-213 “We’ve been waiting for this,” said her coach Eglantina Kalemi Albania’s first world champion and three European records – that’s very impressive!” She made only two of her six attempts on 92-110-202 Seyedeh Hosseini from Iran was third on 86-111-197 China had a 1-2 finish in the Juniors ahead of Sophia Shaft from the United States and Shaft made 97-126-223 from her two good lifts It was a bad day for Yedige Yemberdi from Kazakhstan who was unbeaten before today and had won one youth and two junior world titles since 2022 His strength is in clean and jerk but this time he failed twice in that discipline and was out of the medals on total Chen Shunnan from China won on his international debut making 156-190-346 from four straight good lifts Yemberdi’s Kazakhstan team-mate Yerasyl Saulebekov That left Azuma Rakuei from Japan in second place on 155-185-340 Khikmatillo Khaydarov from Uzbekistan won snatch bronze on 154kg and Yemberdi was third in clean and jerk on 187kg which was 12kg lower than his best effort in last year’s World Juniors Serhii Kotelevskyi from Ukraine had a nervous wait before he could celebrate his Youths victory The 16-year-old European youth champion made five from six for 142-172-314 then had to watch as Didarbek Jumabayev from Turkmenistan tried to overtake him Jumabayev failed with the first of his two remaining attempts then made a 10kg jump to go for gold in clean and jerk and total He got the bar up but lost it behind and finished 137-168-305 Maksims Vasilonoks from Latvia was third on 136-161-297 and Samuele Di Marzio from Italy was fourth Jose Mantilla from Mexico won bronze in clean and jerk on 166kg Park Ju Hyeon from Korea made a 7kg jump on his final attempt to win clean and jerk gold and the Junior world title on 147-177-324 who was second in the Asian Juniors last December denied Tiberiu Donose from Romania with that last lift of the session and third-placed Mohamed Al Marzouq from Saudi Arabia finished 146-170-316 Hussein Abdelrahman from Egypt won here last year when Lima hosted the World Youths and repeated the feat today at a different weight He moved up from 67kg and finished a long way clear tried and failed for all three youth world records with his final attempts of 145kg in snatch and 177kg in clean and jerk made 130-160-290 and the bronze medal went to Yernur Myrzakhmet from Kazakhstan on 131-155-286 The top three Juniors were all former Youth world champions – at three different weights Thanaporn Saetia from Thailand was an impressive winner on 96-115-211 Two years after winning the youth world title at 64kg having won the Asian and world titles within five months She was youth world champion two years ago at 55kg Xeniya Prozorova was a clear winner for Kazakhstan in the Youths The 15-year-old debutant made five good lifts for 91-108-199 before declining her final attempt The Asian youth champion Marjona Abdumutalova from Uzbekistan made 88-102-190 in second place competing as an Individual Neutral Athlete becoming the third Russian youth medallist in two days Ivanis Silva from Venezuela won snatch bronze on 86kg Congress Executive Board Committees Commissions Member Federations Technical Officials Secretariat Photo Gallery Video Gallery Download center Privacy Policy Cookies Policy Copyright 2020 - International Weightlifting Federation Zinad Joseph and Lokoro Dario in Lima (© Andrea Swayne & Emily Alvarez) For three members of the U20 World Athletics Athlete Refugee Team (ART) the World Athletics U20 Championships Lima 24 offered a remarkable ‘finish line’ James Lomoi Lochauluka and Lokoro Dario stepped up to compete on the global stage This final edition of the U20 Athlete Refugee Team yearbook charts their journey from the launch of the pioneering U20 project through to the team’s participation at the World U20 Championships eight years after forming the senior refugee team World Athletics embarked on a mission to create an U20 Athlete Refugee Team with emphasis on athletics and education This pilot launched with an original group of 10 young refugee athletes from Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement and the team increased to 15 athletes during the final two years.  World Athletics also trained six coaches – five of whom now hold both World Athletics Level I & Level II Coaches Education & Certification System (CECS) certificates a pathway was created for the U20 ART members to participate in local athletics competitions Lochauluka and Dario were joined at the World Athletics U20 Championships Lima 24 by coaches Arcade Arakaza and Janeth Jepkosgei All five share their thoughts in this latest edition of the yearbook which also includes comment from World Athletics President Sebastian Coe and Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei we came to terms with the unique needs of refugee athletes and fully recognise the value of professional training monitoring and nurturing of refugee athletes from the U20 up to senior level,” said World Athletics’ Community Relations & Public Affairs Senior Manager Alice Annibali “Reflecting on the starting blocks in 2022 it was beyond our imagination that one of the original U20 refugee athletes would end up competing in the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games,” added Annibali referring to senior ART member Perina Lokure Nakang “This is the magic of our sport and the power of athletics.” Your access to this service has been limited If you think you have been blocked in error contact the owner of this site for assistance If you are a WordPress user with administrative privileges on this site please enter your email address in the box below and click "Send" You will then receive an email that helps you regain access Wordfence is a security plugin installed on over 5 million WordPress sites The owner of this site is using Wordfence to manage access to their site You can also read the documentation to learn about Wordfence's blocking tools or visit wordfence.com to learn more about Wordfence Click here to learn more: Documentation 6 May 2025 1:37:28 GMT.Your computer's time: document.write(new Date().toUTCString()); There were three world records on a busy opening day of the 2025 World Youth and Junior Championships in Lima where the two competitions were staged simultaneously on two platforms for the first time Brazil had its first global champion and first female world record holder when 14-year-old Isanelly Da Silva overcame a shaky start to win the youth 40kg title in style Kotaro Tomari from Japan claimed junior world records in snatch and total as he turned the tables on last year’s winner K Duong from Vietnam at 55kg China took the junior women’s 45kg and the 17-year-old Moldovan Danu Secrieru had his second big success of the month when he won the youth 55kg made an impressive recovery after failing with her first two snatch attempts but I was always thinking about records and I knew I would make the third one,” she said She took the clean and jerk youth world record in making 57-77-134 finishing 1kg short of the world record on total Da Silva won the Pan American youth title on her only previous international appearance “Isanelly has so much mental strength,” said Brazil’s national coach Dragos Doru Storica “She had me worried after two failures but said don’t worry.’ We had three targets here – to win on total to win clean and jerk gold and to set a world record She delivered all three so it’s a great day for Brazil.” Althea Bacaro from the Philippines was second on 58-72-130 and Jyoshna Sabar from India third on 56-72-128 Ecrin Naz Sahin from Turkiye won snatch silver on 57kg The youngest athlete in the Championships was close to winning medals was fourth in clean and jerk and total on 55-70-125 The top two finishers both failed with youth world record attempts Winner Jay Colonia from the Philippines was close to making 126kg which would have taken the clean and jerk record from Vietnam’s Do Tu Tung “It was my first international competition so I was a little bit nervous made 94-121-215 ahead of Christian Di Maria from Italy on 99-115-214 Di Maria had already won snatch gold when he failed with a world record attempt at 101kg Harsaabardhan Sahu from India was third across the board on 87-110-197 had won all six of his previous competitions and was favourite to make it seven in the Juniors but Tomari made all three snatches – including that world record 123kg – to build an unassailable lead of 10kg He took the title on 123-143-266 and was thrown up in the air by his team-mates after the medal presentations K Duong – described in his home media as “the bright new face of Vietnamese weightlifting” – had finished 6kg clear of Tomari This time he had his worst snatch performance in two years K Duong won clean and jerk gold but declined his final lift Zhang Weiqiang from China was third on 111-136-247 The Youths winner was Danu Secrieru from Moldova who was second at the senior European Championships in his home country 16 days ago but that was good enough to put him ahead of his Asian challengers Hung Van The from Vietnam was second on 105-131-236 and Mohammed Al Ojaian from Saudi Arabia third from the B Group on 103-130-233 Hu Yuhuan from China won the junior title by a wide margin on 74-96-170 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it's cmplz_ Albert Delos Santos from the Philippines was the star of a hectic second day at the 2025 World Youth and Junior Championships in Lima He won the Junior 67kg title in dramatic fashion posting 51kg more than his last competitive total after recovering from a bad back injury The last of his six good lifts took Delos Santos past the leader from China and gave his team a second title within minutes after Jhodie Peralta had won the women’s 55kg Youths on the other platform while the other four medal events on day two were won by Egypt who won the Youth world title at 61kg two years ago I had a bad time with my back injury last year I was excused by my university to prepare for these Championships and I put total concentration into it.” and also the man who helped him through with coaching and advice – Julius Naranjo husband of the Philippines’ Olympic gold medal hero Hidilyn Diaz “I owe them both so many thanks,” said Delos Santos who is studying business and finance as well as training hard The last time I made a total it was in 2023 when I was still a 61 All that’s happened since then… that’s the beauty of sport nearly two years after his 258kg total at the Asian Juniors in 2023 He bombed out in the World Juniors last year because of his back injury Yang finished 140-167-307 on his international debut and Diyorbek Ruzmetov from Uzbekistan was third on 139-163-302 Engin Kara from Turkiye was third in snatch A leader from China was in danger of being beaten in the concurrent women’s 55kg session but Celine Delia from Italy could not make the 119kg she needed for victory over another debutant and Delia went past 200kg for the first time on 91-114-205 Aleksandra Grigoryan from Armenia struggled for the second time having made only two good lifts at the European Championships in Moldova last month She put everything into her final attempt to take third place Chen Guan-Ling from Chinese Taipei also had a bad day The multiple champion made only her first and last attempts on 90-113-203 finishing out of the medals on total at an IWF competition for the first time since 2022 Another champion who was out of form was Ogulshat Amanova from Turkmenistan in the 55kg Youths She had a clean and jerk bronze and nothing on total after missing four attempts Moldova continued its impressive run of results when Nicoleta Cojocaru was third on 82-100-182 Margot Kochetova from France won bronze in snatch on 80kg Elsayed Aly from Egypt made it to the top of the podium at the third attempt in an exciting Juniors session that featured more red lights than white ones There was a bombout by the PRK newcomer Kim Ju Phyong He injured himself on his second clean and jerk and retired Kim’s mishap came during a slew of no-lifts as athletes tried and failed to move on to the podium Elsayed was the only A Group lifter to make all three clean and jerks He recovered from missing his first two snatch attempts to finish 122-160-282 Elsayed was second and third behind American winners Gabe Chuum and the Olympic medallist Hampton Morris was confident about finishing in style on 160kg He plans to move up to the new 65kg category for the future Jose Gonzalez from Colombia was first in snatch and second on total on 125-148-273 and Giga Odikadze from Georgia was third on 123-147-270 The 16-year-old B Group athlete Ramazan Efe Yilmaz from Turkiye was second in clean and jerk on 153kg as well as second on total in the Youths behind Beibarys Yerseit from Kazakhstan Yerseit made 117-145-262 in the A Group to win the youth title on his first international appearance Yilmaz made a huge improvement on his previous efforts after going up in weight and hitting top form in clean and jerk He won World and European titles at 55kg last year the Individual Neutral Athlete from Russia Harrison McGrogan was third in the B Group and fifth on total an impressive effort in Ireland’s first ever appearance at the World Youths McGrogan constantly breaks Irish records and he did it again on 109-137-246 He had a go at overtaking Tsakaev on his final attempt at 146kg but could not complete the jerk “An Irish weightlifter going up against a world champion and a Russian at the end of a session – that’s never happened before,” said coach Seán Brown McGrogan was a gymnast then a rugby player before his father encouraged him to try weightlifting “It’s the feeling after a good lift that I like most about the sport,” said McGrogan who sits important exams next week in maths He is from the north and therefore eligible for the Commonwealth Games for Northern Ireland He will try to hit the qualifying targets this year There was a big cheer from the Venezuela team when Luis Garcia made his final attempt to claim the title was 10kg behind the leader Dan Dorin Betca from Moldova at halfway and still had 8kg to make up in two remaining attempts when Betca finished on 122-146-268 Ali Hussin Alhawar from Saudi Arabia was third on 120-144-264 the same total as fourth-placed Dmitri Abralava from Georgia who made all six attempts and won silver in clean and jerk Kamil Andrzejewski from Poland took bronze in snatch on 121kg and finished fifth All the youth lifters competed in the B and C Groups Yan Qihui from China declined her final attempt after missing her second clean and jerk but she had already won the Junior title on 79-100-179 Kerlys Montilla from Venezuela was second and Lucia Gonzalez from Spain third Montilla made five good lifts – more than any other A Group junior – for 77-99-176 who won World and European youth titles last year made 80-95-175 despite missing her final two attempts The snatch gold medallist Luluk Wijayana from Indonesia bombed out in clean and jerk Rosalinda Faustino from the Philippines lost her chance when she failed to make the weight Kelly Ponciano from Mexico was a surprise winner in the Youths when she took advantage of errors by Y Lien Lien missed four of her attempts in making made 74-94-168 well below her performance last December when she won the Asian Youth and Junior titles Lien looked as if she had made her final attempt had made an impressive save after losing her balance to finish 74-96-170 Three continents were represented on the podium Boyana Kostadinova from Bulgaria won snatch gold and improved her best total by 3kg in third place The B Group winner Enderlin Ulacio from Venezuela won clean and jerk bronze on 91kg There was a remarkable sight at the medal presentation after an entertaining women’s 71kg session at the World Youth and Junior Championships in Lima Peru – weightlifters from Canada and New Zealand standing on the podium above an athlete from China Charlotte Simoneau continued her remarkable run of results by winning her second Junior world title for Canada improving her best numbers yet again on 111-134-245 In all but one of her 10 competitions to date Simoneau has improved her best snatch or clean and jerk Olivia Selemaia from New Zealand made all six lifts putting 13kg on her previous best total on 106-129-235 Before the medal ceremony Selemaia ran across the back room to congratulate Nehemiah Elder who became Fiji’s first world champion when he won the Youths 89kg title in the concurrent men’s session on the other platform There was more to come for Oceania when Seine Stowers from Samoa finished second in the women’s 76kg Youths behind Varvara Kuzminova Kuzminova broke youth world records in snatch and total and finished second in the Juniors too “When I looked at the schedule a few weeks ago I told Paul Coffa (continental federation general secretary) that it could be Super Saturday for Oceania and it is,” said Selemaia’s coach Simon Kent who is president of the New Zealand Federation because Femily Notte from Nauru won medals in the Youth women’s 64kg “Over the past few years we’ve started to work together a lot more in Oceania after a period when we had our differences We smash each other in training and then we’re all mates again Samoa has a lavish new weightlifting institute and academy Fiji is planning to open a new training centre within two years “We’ve got so many kids with the physique and explosive power for weightlifting in Fiji “They’re all drawn to rugby but we want them to come into the greatest sport of all.” is playing her part in promoting the sport She is one of four national team members who coach weightlifting at schools in Auckland as part of the federation’s ‘Lift for Gold’ scheme That means she is training and coaching full-time “Her performance today has been coming,” said Kent “It’s her first year out of school and that’s made a big difference.” Simoneau is unable to go full-time because she is still studying having recently switched from natural science to industrial engineering and for extra income she works in her grandparents’ flower shop at weekends when she is not competing “It’s Mother’s Day in Canada next Sunday so I’m going to be busy,” she said The Chinese athlete who took bronze was 20-year-old international debutant Wang Menting Maria Mena from Colombia won snatch silver on 106kg Wang’s 17-year-old team-mate Lin Jingwei won the Youths world title in spectacular style She jumped from 118kg to 131kg on her fifth attempt and made it to claim youth world records in clean and jerk and total She had failed with a snatch world record attempt and finished 100-131-231 was second in the Youths on 93-117-210 and Kira Danilova from Kazakhstan third on 94-115-209 Dilnura Kholdorova from Uzbekistan won snatch bronze on 93kg and Maryia Ivanova from Belarus Ella Nicholson from the United States had to fight to win her second straight Junior world title was 8kg below her winning total last year but found enough for victory on her last attempt She broke the youth snatch world record twice and took the total record too on 108-127-235 Jeon Heesoo from Korea was third in the Juniors on 102-123-225 Bronze medals were won by Nana Khorava from Georgia in snatch on 103kg and Alexandrina Ciubotaru from Moldova in clean and jerk on 124kg Stowers took Youths silver despite making only two good lifts on 98-116-214 Third place went to Minni Hormavirta from Finland on 90-117-207 Goga Jajvani from Georgia was fourth in the 2023 World Youths and in last year’s World Juniors winning the Junior title with his final attempt at 198kg 19-year-old Jajvani made 162-198-360 ahead of Angel Rodriguez from Venezuela on 164-195-359 and David Cuesta from Colombia on 163-196-359 Ilya Salehipour from Iran won bronze in clean and jerk on 195kg was the only youth lifter in the A session He just failed with a final attempt at 188kg and finished 152-180-332 That was 70kg more than his last total in an IWF competition 14 months ago “In that time I’ve done a lot of hard training been to recent camps in Samoa and Australia and made 142-175 in an invitational competition in Brisbane,” he said “God’s been with me for constant training and belief so I’m pretty much a full-time weightlifter “I had a lot of nerves here because it’s by far the biggest competition I’ve been to Two international debutants were a long way back in second and third Munisbek Davletov from Uzbekistan made 140-179-319 and 15-year-old Khuthair Qaiti from Iraq made 145-173-318 Junior champion Ahmed Gamal Elbasyouni from Egypt improved his total at last year’s World Juniors by 40kg He was ninth on 326kg in Spain last September would have won on total had he made his final attempt on 209kg He failed and finished fourth on158-203-361 Zarei’s team-mate Amirhosein Sepahmade 165-199-364 in second place The Youths winner was Grigor Ghazaryan from Armenia on 145-185-330 well ahead of Yslam Akmyradov from Turkmenistan on 141-175-316 Parv Chaudhary from India was third on 140-175-315 Seven Russian neutrals have competed in Youth categories so far and all seven have won at least one medal Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker