We examine the latest results & medal tally winners from the 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships that will be hosted from 4th September to 17th September
With her focus on the 2023 Asian Games, Indian superstar Mirabai Chanu decided to withdraw from the women’s 49kg after weigh-in. Meanwhile, youngster Shubham Todkar finished in third-place of his group in the men’s 61kg event with a total lift of 269kg.
IWF World Weightlifting Championships 2023 live medal tally table, India medals winners list, results today
Than Lai Gia 🇻🇳 does it again! He lifts the heaviest C&J of the Men 55KG with a 146KG third attempt and gets three Gold medals the second day of competition! Congrats!✨🥇 pic.twitter.com/W9jszeWUjS
— IWF (@iwfnet) September 5, 2023
2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships updated results, medal winners, & standout weightlifters
According to the official schedule, the 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships will run from 4th September through 17th September in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In this ongoing prestigious event, top weightlifters will compete against each other across 20 weight classes including 10 for each gender. Notably, the best performers in snatch, clean and jerk, and total weight will each receive a different medal. Athletes must compete in order to win a quota space for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, making it a necessary qualifying event. From India, six weightlifters are participating in this event and although Indian weightlifters haven’t won any medal yet, fans are optimistic of numerous medals.
IWF World Weightlifting Championships 2023: results & medal winners
| Date | Event | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5-Sep | Men’ 55kg | Snatch | Lai Gia Thanh (VIE) 123 kg | Ngo Son Dinh (VIE) 117 kg | Natthawat Chomchuen (THA) 116 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Lai Gia Thanh (VIE) 146 kg | Ngo Son Dinh (VIE) 144 kg | Natthawat Chomchuen (THA) 143 kg | ||
| Total | Lai Gia Thanh (VIE) 269 kg | Ngo Son Dinh (VIE) 261 kg | Natthawat Chomchuen (THA) 259 kg | ||
| Women’s 49kg | Snatch | Hou Zhihui (CHN) 95 kg | Jiang Huihua (CHN) 95 kg | Mihaela-Valentina Cambei (ROU) 90 kg | |
| Clean & Jerk | Jiang Huihua (CHN) 120 kg | Hou Zhihui (CHN) 116 kg | Jourdan Delacruz (USA) 112 kg | ||
| Total | Jiang Huihua (CHN) 215 kg | Hou Zhihui (CHN) 211 kg | Jourdan Delacruz (USA) 200 kg | ||
| 4-Sep | Women’s 45kg | Snatch | Sirivimon Pramongkhol (THA) 78 kg | Rosina Randafiarison (BLR) 77 kg | Cansu Bektaş (TUR) 75 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Sirivimon Pramongkhol (THA) 101 kg | Rosina Randafiarison (BLR) 93 kg | Cansu Bektaş (TUR) 87 kg | ||
| Total | Sirivimon Pramongkhol (THA) 179 kg | Rosina Randafiarison (BLR) 170 kg | Cansu Bektaş (TUR) 162 kg |