Jenly Wini inspires Solomon Islands students

Search results for:

Jenly Wini inspires Solomon Islands students

Solomon Islands weightlifter Jenly Wini who created history at the recent Commonwealth Game has inspired young students to pursue weightlifting in the future. The Commonwealth Games bronze medalist for the past three days has been conducting Oceania Talented Identification Program at Koloale Community High School, Hips School and Mbokonavera Community High School. The program is organized by Oceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF) through funding from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to identify talented weightlifting athletes around the Pacific. Wini said the Oceania Talented Identification Program is an annual program where every coach or selected athlete from the Pacific Countries conducted at schools to select one representative and identify athletes who are interested in training. She said from the three days programme she will select one student to attend training camp and watch elite weightlifting games later in September. “I was impressed to see there are a lot of students that attend the program at Koloale Community High School. The school hall was fully packed with students who keen to learn about weightlifting sport.” Wini said on the second day on Tuesday, there were also high number of students who attended the program at Hips School. Yesterday Wini concluded the program at Mbokonavera CHS where students were given the opportunity to lift 2.5 kg and 5 kg. Several students who took up the challenge to lift the 2.5 kg and 5kg in front of their fellow students were inspired by the success story and presence of Wini at their school. Wini’s success story has a long history which she never regretted. She told Star Sports that she began her sporting career as a rugby player when she was 16 years old. “When I played rugby I used to walk past the weightlifting training centre and did not see female athletes training so I decided to walk in and started training,” she said. Embed from Getty Images That happened in 2009 which on the same year she made her debut at the Mini South Pacific Games in the Cook Islands. At the Mini South Pacific Games, she won three silver medals in the 69kg bodyweight category. From there, she continues to raise her profile. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics at the women's 58 kg category. She was the flagbearer of Solomon Islands sports team in the opening ceremony. In the event, Wini finished 17th. She won the 2013 Oceania Championships in her bodyweight category, the first female weightlifter from the Solomon Islands to achieve that. She also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing 8th in the women's 58 kg bodyweight category. Once again, she was the flagbearer for the Solomon Islands. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's 58 kg bodyweight category and finished 15th. In 2018 she became the first Solomon Islands athlete to win a Commonwealth Games medal, finishing third in the women's 58kg bodyweight category at the Gold Coast. Meanwhile, she will depart for New Caledonia today to continue with her training. Source: Solomon Star News — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

Jenly Wini inspires Solomon Islands students

Solomon Islands weightlifter Jenly Wini who created history at the recent Commonwealth Game has inspired young students to pursue weightlifting in the future. The Commonwealth Games bronze medalist for the past three days has been conducting Oceania Talented Identification Program at Koloale Community High School, Hips School and Mbokonavera Community High School. The program is organized by Oceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF) through funding from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to identify talented weightlifting athletes around the Pacific. Wini said the Oceania Talented Identification Program is an annual program where every coach or selected athlete from the Pacific Countries conducted at schools to select one representative and identify athletes who are interested in training. She said from the three days programme she will select one student to attend training camp and watch elite weightlifting games later in September. “I was impressed to see there are a lot of students that attend the program at Koloale Community High School. The school hall was fully packed with students who keen to learn about weightlifting sport.” Wini said on the second day on Tuesday, there were also high number of students who attended the program at Hips School. Yesterday Wini concluded the program at Mbokonavera CHS where students were given the opportunity to lift 2.5 kg and 5 kg. Several students who took up the challenge to lift the 2.5 kg and 5kg in front of their fellow students were inspired by the success story and presence of Wini at their school. Wini’s success story has a long history which she never regretted. She told Star Sports that she began her sporting career as a rugby player when she was 16 years old. “When I played rugby I used to walk past the weightlifting training centre and did not see female athletes training so I decided to walk in and started training,” she said. Embed from Getty Images That happened in 2009 which on the same year she made her debut at the Mini South Pacific Games in the Cook Islands. At the Mini South Pacific Games, she won three silver medals in the 69kg bodyweight category. From there, she continues to raise her profile. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics at the women's 58 kg category. She was the flagbearer of Solomon Islands sports team in the opening ceremony. In the event, Wini finished 17th. She won the 2013 Oceania Championships in her bodyweight category, the first female weightlifter from the Solomon Islands to achieve that. She also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing 8th in the women's 58 kg bodyweight category. Once again, she was the flagbearer for the Solomon Islands. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's 58 kg bodyweight category and finished 15th. In 2018 she became the first Solomon Islands athlete to win a Commonwealth Games medal, finishing third in the women's 58kg bodyweight category at the Gold Coast. Meanwhile, she will depart for New Caledonia today to continue with her training. Source: Solomon Star News — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

V4 for the 4th time!

The fourth edition of the Visegrad 4 Cup was held between 24-25 August 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic. 30 lifters, 3 Men and 3 Women from all the four countries (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the host country Czech Republic) participated at the competition with A and B teams. The Teams were accompanied by their National Federation Presidents, Mr. Petr Krol (CZE), IWF Vice-President, Mr. Mariusz Jedra (POL) and Mr. Jan Stefanik (SVK). On the first day of the Event an Anti-Doping Education Seminar was held by IWF Junior Legal Counsel dr. Lilla Sagi. The lecture „Checklist for Weightlifters” included the most important anti-doping rules and useful information for the athletes. A „Checklist” was distributed to the athletes as a handout to draw their attention to their anti-doping responsibilities. After the Anti-Doping Education, an introduction of the newly introduced Tokyo2020 Qualification System including the new bodyweight categories was given by Mr. Matyas Lencser, IWF Competition Manager. The new qualification system will enter into force on 1st November 2018. The seminars were supported by the IWF Development Program. COMPETITION RESULTS By Team: 1. Slovakia, 2. Czech Republic A, 3. Hungary, 4. Poland, 5. Czech Republic B Best Lifter Men:                          KUCERA Kamil (CZE) Best Junior Lifter Men:              IZDEBSKI Marcin (POL) Best Lifter Women:                    JUNG Beata (HUN) Best Junior Lifter Women:        MITYKO Veronika (HUN) The next edition of the V4 Cup will be organized by the Polish Weightlifting Federation. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

The 2018 Masters World Championships had the most participants ever

The Masters World Championships, held in L’Hospitalet, Barcelona from 17 to 25 of August had a record amount of entries. The interest for the year’s most important Masters meeting was so high, the organisers decided to install a second competition platform, which is unique in the event's history. The athletes had the privilege to compete on the same platform, that was used at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games! More than 800 athletes came from all around the world to the Catalan Capital to put their skills to measure at the 9-day long competition, with a record amount of 385 woman entries. In conjunction with the event, a Congress of Nations was held on 22 August with the participation of the representatives of 28 countries and Matyas Lencser, IWF Competition Manager. The Spanish host, Francisco Garcia Rodriguez gave a good example of hospitality, what nothing proves more than the constant great feedback the organisers received. Denise Offermann, IWF Masters Chairwoman, who worked tirelessly on the preparations of the event, was very pleased with the outcome. Next year, the Masters World Championships will be held in Montreal, Canada 16-24 August. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

18th Asian Games successfully concluded yesterday

The weightlifting competition in Jakarta, Indonesia ended yesterday with DPR Korean lifter Kim Kuk-hyang taking the last gold medal in women’s +75kg bodyweight category. This was North Korea’s 8th gold medal on this competition, 10 medals in total taking the lead in the medals ranking. Thailand won 7 medals, while Uzbekistan and the Republic of Korea ended up on the third-place tie in the ranking with 5 medals each. [caption id="attachment_23717" align="aligncenter" width="440"] 1st: MORADI Sohrab, 2nd: ELBAKH Fares, 3rd: SUMPRADIT Sarat, with OCA and AWF Presidents[/caption] Iranian MORADI Sohrab broke the 94kg World Record in the Snatch with a 189kg lift, which was the longest standing record, since 1999. MORADI now holds all the World Records in this bodyweight category. IRAWAN Eko Yuli won the first Asian Games gold medal for his country on home soil. The President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo watched his athlete’s triumph and decorated IRAWAN with the gold medal. Philippian DIAZ Hidilyn and ALJUMAILI Safaa Rashid Mahmood from Iraq also won gold medals for their respective countries for the first time in the history of Asian Games. In total, 166 athletes from 30 countries, 62 women and 104 men participated in the weightlifting competition. [caption id="attachment_23718" align="aligncenter" width="339"] From left to right: Boossaba Yodbangtoey, AWF General Secretary, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, OCA President, Tamas Ajan, IWF President and Mohamed Y. Al Mana, AWF President[/caption] Dr Tamas Ajan, IWF President was among the spectators, along with Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the President of the Olympic Council of Asia and Mohamed Yousef Al Mana, AWF President. [caption id="attachment_23722" align="aligncenter" width="433"] Dr Tamas Ajan expressing gratitude to Alamsyah Wijaya[/caption] On the last day after the competitions, Dr Tamas Ajan expressed his gratitude to Alamsyah Wijaya, Competition Manager and Sonny Kasiran, Venue Manager. Without their hard work and devotion, the 2018 Asian Games weightlifting competition couldn't be such a huge success. — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter

Sohrab Moradi broke the longest standing World Record

Sohrab Moradi of Iran broke weightlifting's longest standing world record on his way to gold in the men's 94kg bodyweight category at the Asian Games on Saturday (Aug 25). Moradi hoisted 189kg in the competition's opening discipline to better the Snatch record set at 188kg in 1999 by Greece's Akakios Kakiasvilis. Moradi now has a complete set of world records. He already owned the marks for the Clean and Jerk (233kg) and total weight (417kg) for the same bodyweight category. He went on to lift a new Asian Games record total of 410kg after a Clean and Jerk of 221kg. He just failed with an attempt at 234kg which would have bettered his own World Records for the Clean and Jerk and Total lifts. "I really wanted to break the world record as it was the only one I didn't have, and this was my last chance," Moradi told AFP. "I feel very happy to know that my name will always remain on all the 94kg world records," as the new bodyweight categories will come in force in November. The Iranian said he would now step up to the new 96kg bodyweight category. "My next goal is the World Championships (in November) and after that to put on a good show at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics." Source: channelnewsasia.com — Follow IWF: Facebook Instagram Twitter