All you need to know about World Weightlifting Championships

The tournament will begin from 5th December to 16th December.

The World Weightlifting Championships 2022 is set to begin from 5th December to 16th December and be held in Bogota, Colombia. The Championships were first scheduled to be held in China but due to the corona outbreak had to be shifted to Colombia. As with other sports, Russia and Belarus are suspended from participating in this event.

The World Championships will be an essential event for all the athletes as this is the first qualifying event for the 2024 Paris Olympics. India is coming into this event with a four-member contingent and all the eyes will be on Mirabai Chanu the 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medallist. Jeremy the youth Olympian along with Saketh has not fully recovered from the injury suffered during the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

China after a 14-month absence from all the competitions will be sending in a 23-member contingent the most along with host country Bolivia. The Asian powerhouse did not participate even at the Asian Championships and will now look to dominate during the World event. 

Indian Participation

Mirabai Chanu(49kg), Achintha Sheuli (73kg), Bindhyarani Devi (59kg), and Gurdeep Singh (+109kg) will be the four Indian athletes contesting at the World Championships. India’s hopes will solely be on Mirabai Chanu who is making a return after participating in the Commonwealth Games. She did take part in the National Games but did not have anything to prove there. She bagged a gold medal in the 49kg category in the 2017 edition and shall look to replicate the same form this year too.

The other three weightlifters won medals at the Commonwealth Games and this event will provide them with valuable experience.

Schedule

Monday 5 December

11:30- women 45kg(B)

14:00- men 55kg(B)

17:00- opening ceremony

19:00- women 45kg(A)

21:30-women 49kg(C)

Tuesday 6 December

11:30- men 61kg(C)

14:00- women 49kg (B)

16:30- women 49kg(A)

19:00- men 55kg(A)

21:30- Women 55kg(D)

Wednesday 7 December

9:00- women 55kg(C)

11:30-men 61kg(B)

14:00- women 55kg (B)

16:30- men 61kg(A)

19:00- women 55kg(A)

21:30- Women 59kg(D)

Thursday 8 December

9:00- women 59kg(C)

11:30-men 67kg(C)

14:00- women 67kg(B)

16:30- women 59kg(B)

19:00- women 59kg (A)

21:30- men 73kg(D)

Friday 9 December

9:00- women 64kg(D)

11:30-men 73kg(C)

14:00- men 73kg(B)

16:30- men 67kg(A)

19:00- men 73kg (A)

21:30- women 64kg(C)

Saturday 10 December

11:30- men 81kg(D)

14:00- men 81kg(C)

16:30- women 64kg(B)

19:00- women 64kg (A)

21:30- men 89kg(C)

Sunday 11 December

9:00- women 71kg(C)

11:30-men 81kg(B)

14:00- men 89kg(B)

16:30- men 81kg(A)

19:00- men 89kg (A)

21:30- men 96kg(D)

Monday 12 December

9:00- men 96kg(C)

11:30-women 71kg(B)

14:00- men 96kg(B)

16:30- men 96kg(A)

19:00- women 71kg (A)

21:30- men 102kg(C)

Tuesday 13 December

9:00- women 76kg(C)

11:30-men 102kg(B)

14:00- women 76kg(B)

16:30- women 76kg(A)

19:00- men 102kg (A)

21:30- women 81kg(C)

Wednesday 14 December

9:00- women 87kg(C)

11:30-women 81kg(B)

14:00- women 87kg(B)

16:30- women 81kg(A)

19:00- men 87kg (A)

21:30- men 109kg(C)

Thursday 15 December

9:00- women +87kg(C)

11:30-women +87kg(B)

14:00- men 109kg(B)

16:30- women +87kg(A)

19:00- men 109kg (A)

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