Author: Jo Whiteley The women outnumbered the men (very slightly) at the European Classic this year and we saw some intense battles and many records broken during a cold week in Estonia. Italy’s Annalisa Motta had her best ever result […]
European Classic Championships
European Classic 2023 – The Men
Author: Jo Whiteley The 2023 European Classic was held in the historic city of Tartu, Estonia. The temperatures were lower than most had experienced before, but a thick and beautiful blanket of pristine snow lay over everything, cladding the trees […]
Euro Classic 120 & 120+kg Recap
Author Jo Whiteley 120kg class In the 120kg class, GBR’s Kieran Gray led from the start. He took the squat gold with 340kg ahead of team mate Inderraj Singh who took the silver with 327.5kg. Current junior world champion, Nicolas […]
Euro Classic 84 & 84+ kg Female Recap
Author: Jo Whiteley 84s Agata Sitko of Poland is surely the favourite to win wherever she pops up. However, up in the 84kg class at the Euro Classic, she had Kristin Thorhallsdottir (ISL) to contend with. She was nominated only […]
Euro Classic Men’ s 105kg Recap
Author Jo Whiteley 105kg The King returned to competition this week but Ukraine’s Anatolii Novopismennyi found the Swedish Prince all grown up and ready to rumble. Emil Norling is the current world champion and carries a huge amount of momentum. […]
Euro Classic Women’s 69 & 76 kg Class Recap
Auothor: Jo Whiteley 69kg class Ivana Horna (SLK) took an early lead in the 69kg class when incoming European champion, Marte Kjenner (NOR) struggled for depth. Raphaela Jungmann of Austria missed her opener for the same reason but came back […]
Euro Classic Men’ s 83 kg & 93KG Recap
Author Jo Whiteley 83kg In the 83kg class, the competition turned upside down almost immediately when GBR’s Owen Hubbard was injured on his second squat with a suspected torn adductor and he dropped out of the running. His team mate […]
Euro Classic Men’ s 59 kg to 63KG Recap
Author Jo Whiteley 59kg It was great to hear the home crowd support for Dariusz Wszola (POL) in the 59kg class. A veteran of the sport, he’s been lifting both classic and equipped for 20 years now. His main opponent […]
EURO CLASSIC – Junior women – Part 3
Author Jo Whiteley European champion since 2018, Vilma Olsson (SWE) had a strong start on squats in the 76kg class, taking the gold medal with 205kg but missing an attempt to add half a kilo to her own junior world […]
EURO CLASSIC – Junior Women – Part 2
Author Jo Whiteley The 69s was a running battle up and down the ranks. Noemi Fanton (ITA) and Ramune Vainauskyte (LTU) threw the squat world record back and forth like a favourite toy. Fanton first with 185.5 that was immediately […]
- 1
- 2