Dear Friends,

What a great event the Commonwealth Championships turned out to be in Tashkent. Attached please find the full results.

The CWF is in indebted to the IWF Executive and in particular the President Mike Irani, the General Secretary, Mohamed Jalood and the full IWF Executive Board for allowing the Commonwealth Championships to be run in conjunction with the World Championships. The CWF also wishes to thank sincerely, Sam Coffa, (IWF Technical Delegate to Birmingham) for looking after the medal presentation during the 10 days tournament.

Many thanks also to the IWF Staff, in particular Matyas Lencser for his outstanding co-operation in relation to the entries and also providing the full results.

I congratulate the lifters below and their countries for their direct qualification to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

WOMEN

• 49kg Category - KINGSLEY Stella Peter - Nigeria - 168kg
• 55kg Category - OLARINOYE Adijat Adenike - Nigeria - 203kg
• 59kg Category - LAWAL Rafiatu Folashade - Nigeria - 207kg
• 64kg Category - COCHRANE Sarah Maureen - Australia - 210kg
• 71kg Category - EZE Joy Ogbonne - Nigeria - 230kg
• 76kg Category - LAYLOR Maya Celeste - Canada - 229kg
• 87kg Category - NGARLEM Kristel - Canada - 224kg
• 87+Kg Category - PANDEY Purnima - India - 229kg

MEN

• 55KG Category - BIN KASDAN Mohamad Aniq - Malaysia - 249kg
• 61kg Category - MUHAMAD Aznil Bin Bidin - Malaysia - 273kg
• 67kg Category - JEREMY Lalrinnunga - India - 305kg
• 73kg Category - SHEULI Achinta - India - 316kg
• 81kg Category - SINGH Ajay - India - 322kg
• 96kg Category - SANTAVY Boady Robert - Canada - 379kg
• 109kg Category - NGADJA NYABEYEU Junior Periclex - Cameroon - 360kg
• 109+ Kg Category - LITI David - New Zealand - 407kg

Finally the last opportunity for qualification for the Games will be the following events are set down below:

For the Asian countries, the competition is in Singapore. The date is 26th – 27th February. Please contact the President Mr Tom Liaw [email protected]

For the Oceania countries, the competition is in Auckland, New Zealand. The date is 26th – 27th February. Please contact the President Mr Simon Kent [email protected]

For the African countries, the competition is in Mauritius. The date is the 20th – 27th February. Please contact the President M. Monien [email protected]

For the PANAM countries, the competition is in Montreal, Canada. The date is 26th –27th February . Please contact the President Craig Walker [email protected]

For Europe, the competition will be in Derby, England. The date is January 28th to 30th Please contact the CEO of British Weightlifting Ashley Metcalfe [email protected]

My kindest regards to you all and wishing you a Very Merry Xmas and a wonderful and healthy 2022

Kindest regards,
Paul Coffa MBE
General Secretary

Commonwealth Championships - Results