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23.06.2010: World junior titles for Baltic states weightlifters

In Bulgarian capital Sofia from 11 till 20 June 2010 World junior championships was held in which two Latvia's weightlifters Arturs Plēsnieks and Toms Tomčiks participated, both from Dobele, representing Ventspils Olympic center. The best of both was Arturs Plēsnieks who won the title under 105 kg weight category with 385 (170+215) kg. In snatch he was 7 kg behind Ecuadorian Jorge David Arrovo Valdez but outlifted him by 15 kg in c&jerk.
Kristaps Tomčiks was 12th under 85 kg with 297 (137+160) kg.
Also Latvia's neighbours Lithuanians did well - Aurimas Didžbalis was the best under 94 kg with 375 (169+206) kg. Under 105 kg 7th was Aļģimantas Trajanauskas with 349 (158+191) kg, only 6 kg less than the third place in this weight category.

08.06.2010: Competition results

3rd Memorial of Jonas Ramanauskas -> Kaunas, Lithuania -> 10.-12.06.2010

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08.06.2010: Ščerbatihs competes again

On 5 June 2010 in Ventspils was held Sport School "Spars" Open Championships, in which weighlifters from Ventspils, Dobele, Saldus, Daugavpils and Rīga competed. Among participants was also Viktors Ščerbatihs, who had not taken part in weightlifting competitions since the last World Championships in which he did not finish due to an injury. In Ventspils he lifted cautiously and ended the competition with six good lifts - 399 (182+217) kg.

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31.05.2010: Obituary

In memorium

Anatolijs Majasins (1931-2010)

On 29th May 2010 after a long and serious disease Anatolijs Majasins has passed away.

For many years he was coach at weightlifting section of "Dinamo" Riga and as weightlifter he broke a world record in 1963, he was also 11 times Latvian Champion.

29.05.2010: European Youth Championships

European Youth Championships (U-17), Valencia (ESP), 16.-22.05.2010.

The best result from Latvian team was achieved by Artjoms Žerebkovs, who won two silver medals competing in weight category under 56 kg. Team Latvia ranked 11th out of 27.

Results of Latvian weightlifters:
56 kg w.cat.: Artjoms Žerebkovs 1993 Daugavpils 229 (99+130) kg 2nd
62 kg w.cat.: Rihards Nejs 1996 Saldus 201 (85+116) kg 11th (9th in c&j)
62 kg w.cat.: Ritvars Grēbers 1994 Saldus 182 (80+102) kg 19th (18th in snatch)
69 kg w.cat.: Vadims Sļesarevs 1993 Daugavpils 268 (119+149) kg 6th
69 kg w.cat.: Ēriks Kļavinskis 1993 Daugavpils 208 (90+118) kg 20th (19th in c&j)
85 kg w.cat.: Marks Jakovļevs 1993 Daugavpils 270 (125+145) kg 9th (7th in snatch)
85 kg w.cat.: Valts Grauss 1993 Dobele 265 (115+150) kg 10th (8th in c&j)

10.05.2010: Competition results

SK "EDU" Cup -> 08.05.2010 -> Tammiku, Estonia

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20.04.2010: Competition results

Latvian U-14 and U-17 Team Championships / Vjaceslavs Kirjanovs' Memorial -> 17.-18.04.2010 -> Balvi

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31.03.2010: Competition results

Competition results from 13th Soroksar Cup (Budapest, Hungary; 25.-28.03.2010) with participation of club teams from 11 countries. Among them also team of Saldus Sport School from Latvia (Rihards Nejs, Beatrise Gonta, Ritvars Grēbers, Kristiāns Andžāns).

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23.03.2010: Competition results

Saldus Sport School Open Championships -> 20.03.2010 -> Saldus

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28.02.2010: Competition results

Latvian Championships / Latvian Junior Championships -> 27.02.2010 -> Ludza

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01.02.2010: Competition results

Latvian Youth Championships + Ogre Cup, held in Ogre on 30th January 2010.
Best results were achieved by Rihards Nejs, Beatrise Gonta, Artjoms Žerebkovs, Kristiāns Andžāns and Valērijs Kņaževs.

For more information see the results and pictures through the links below.

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18.12.2009: Competitions in 2010

Competition list (calander) for 2010 available HERE >>

29.11.2009: Competition results

Saldus Sport School Championships -> Saldus -> 28.11.2009

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29.11.2009: World Championships

Latvia's weightlifters results at World Weightlifting Championships that was held in Goyang, Korea from 19th til 29th of November:

94 kg men:
Dmitrijs Usovskis - 22nd in snatch (140 kg), 23rd in c&jerk (170 kg), 22nd in total (310 kg)

+ 105 kg men:
Viktors Ščerbatihs - 4th in snatch (195 kg), retired from competition prior to c&jerk. The decision not to continue the competition was made to avoid exacerbation of knee injury.

20.11.2009: Competition results

Latvian Youth Championships -> Ludza -> 13.-15.11.2009

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13.11.2009: Ščerbatihs’ coach disqualified

Viktors Ščerbatihs’ coach Eduards Andruškevičs has been disqualified by Latvian Weightlifting Clubs Association (LWCA) for six months from participation (as coach or delegate) in competitions organised by LWCA and competitions in which LWCA is represented.
Andruškevičs has been disqualified for entering weightlifters for participation in competitions without permission of LWCA.
The conflict originates from establishment of Latvian Weightlifting Federation (steered by Sčerbatihs and Andruškevičs) which puts claim to become the only recognized weightlifting federation in Latvia. Currently the only recognized one is LWCA.

06.10.2009: Competition results

Latvian Championships in snatch and c&j -> 26.09.2009 -> Balvi

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24.09.2009: Competition results

Saldus Open Championships and Dainis' Zīlītis' Cup -> 19.09.2009 -> Saldus

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06.09.2009: Two federations again

Once again there are two weightlifting federations in Latvia – Latvian Weightlifting Clubs Association (LWCA), the only recognized federation, affiliated to the IWF, and the newly founded Latvian Weightlifting Federation (LWF), steered by Viktors Ščerbatihs and Eduards Andruškevičs.
The later now puts claim to become the only recognized one. This repeats the situation in 2002/2003 when LWF (another federation by content, the same title) lost its rights to LWCA.

02.06.2009: Competition results

Latvian Youth Olympiad -> 26.-28.06.2009 -> Dobele

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28.05.2009: Competition results

Albu VIII Cup -> 24.05.2009 -> Albu(Estonia)

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20.05.2009: Competition results

Latvian Youth Championships (U14, U17) -> 16.-17.05.2009 -> Saldus

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22.02.2009: Competition results

Latvian Championships -> 21.02.2009 -> Ventspils

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