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It was a second successful day for GB weightlifting at the IWF World Cup and Tokyo Olympics qualifying event in Tianjin, China.

Former World Champion Ali Jawad has said “there is a lot riding” on the Manchester 2020 World Cup in February as he sets his sights on qualifying for Tokyo 2020.Jawad was speaking at the England Grand Prix after making a successful domestic comeback in Milton Keynes.

A huge congratulations to Emily Muskett who has won a silver medal in the W71kg category at the IWF World Cup in China.Emily lifted a personal best of 101kg in the Snatch and a personal best of 130kg in the Clean and Jerk. This is an overall PB total of 231kg which is a 5kg improvement on the Worlds Senior Championships in Pattaya, Thailand in September!Rim un Sim of Korea (PRK) finished in first place with a 112kg Snatch & a 138kg Clean and Jerk for a total of 250kg.

Team GB brought home six medals, including one Gold, from the European Junior & U23 Championships in Bucharest, Romania last month.Mercy Brown and Fraer Morrow won three medals a piece with the latter managing to secure top spot in the clean and jerk stage of the Women’s 55kg U23 competition.

British records were obliterated at the England Grand Prix as the weightlifting world descended upon Milton Keynes last weekend.There was plenty of action across the two-day event which featured three platforms that covered Senior, Para Powerlifting, Masters and Development competitions.

The British Age Group Championships took place this weekend at the Oldbury Academy in Birmingham. The Tier 1 competition saw in excess of 60 records broken.

Team GB won three Para Powerlifting medals including one Gold at the Ready Steady Tokyo Test Event to maintain their fantastic form ahead of next year’s Paralympic Games.

British Weight Lifting are pleased to announce the team that has been selected for the European Youth Championships in Eilat Israel, between 7 & 14 December 2019.“This team shows that there has been a great amount of development in youth weightlifting over the past 18 months, we are starting to see real strength in depth across a number of categories, and most of this team have at least one year left at youth which is a real positive.” Rhodri Thomas (Head Youth Coach)“This is a very promising young team with representation from across the home nations, including representation from Jersey for the first time ever which is fantastic to see.” Stuart Martin (Talent Pathway Manager)

Wednesday the 18th of September 2019 was a momentous day for Armed Forces Weightlifting with the first ever British Weight Lifting Inter Services Championship taking place.

It has been a successful week for Team GB at the World Championships in Thailand as Emily Muskett won Britain’s first medal in over 25 years while Zoe Smith and Sarah Davies both racked up top 8 finishes in their quest for Olympic qualification.