British International Open 2019

The British International Open 2019 (known as The Birds Eye British Championships for sponsorship reasons)[1] was an IWF bronze level weightlifting event hosted at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on the 7-9 June 2019.[2] The competition was a qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and featured 71 athletes from over 20 nations. [3]

British International Open 2019
VenueRicoh Arena
LocationCoventry, Great Britain
Dates7–9 June
Competitors71 from 20 nations

Schedule

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The following is the competition schedule for the British International Open competitions:

Date Time Event
Friday, 7 June 15:30 Women’s 49kg
18:10 Women’s 55kg
20:20 Men's 73kg
Saturday, 8 June 08:30 Women's 59kg
10:30 Men's 81kg
12:30 Women's 64kg
14:50 Men's 89kg
17:00 Women's 71kg
18:50 Men's 96kg
20:50 Men's 102kg
Sunday, 9 June 09:00 Women's 76kg
11:20 Women’s 81kg
13:10 Men’s 109kg
15:20 Women’s 87kg & 87+kg
17:30 Men’s 109+ kg

Start times as listed on the official schedule [4]

Event summary

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Host nation Great Britain won the most medals with 13 and recorded a 1-2 finish in the Woman's 64kg class with Zoe Smith edging out Sarah Davies by just a single kilogram.[5] China topped the gold medal tally with a total of 3. Four-times World Champion Ilya Ilyin made his second international start since returning from suspension and took silver in the Men's 96kg class. [6] The group was won by Ukraine's Kyryl Pyrohov. [7] Ilyin's Kazakhstan compatriot Denis Ulanov won gold in the Men's 81kg class. [8]

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)3205
2  Czech Republic (CZE)2215
3  Norway (NOR)2002
  Ukraine (UKR)2002
5  Great Britain (GBR)*15713
6  United States (USA)1304
7  Kazakhstan (KAZ)1102
8  Romania (ROM)1012
9  Estonia (EST)1001
  Switzerland (CHE)1001
11  Ireland (IRL)0101
  Lithuania (LIT)0101
13  Belgium (BEL)0011
  Finland (FIN)0011
  Netherlands (NED)0011
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)0011
  Seychelles (SEY)0011
Totals (17 entries)15151444

Medalists

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
73 kg Petr Petrov
  Czech Republic
295 kg Gareth Evans
  Great Britain
286 kg Rick Confiance
  Seychelles
253 kg
81 kg Denis Ulanov
  Kazakhstan
325 kg Sean Brown
  Ireland
304 kg Chris Murray
  Great Britain
285 kg
96 kg Kyril Pyrohov
  Ukraine
351 kg Ilya Ilyin
  Kazakhstan
350 kg Edmon Avetisyan
  Great Britain
329 kg
102 kg Leho Pent
  Estonia
331 kg Jiří Gasior
  Czech Republic
312 kg N/A N/A
109 kg Dmytro Chumak
  Ukraine
380 kg Arnas Šidiškis
  Lithuania
350 kg Owen Boxall
  Great Britain
350 kg
+109 kg Jiří Orság
  Czech Republic
396 kg Kamil Kučera
  Czech Republic
395 kg Enzo Kuworge
  Netherlands
370 kg

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
49 kg Zhang Rong
  China
195 kg Kelly-Jo Robson
  Great Britain
156 kg Hannah Powell
  Great Britain
151 kg
55 kg Sarah Øvsthus
  Norway
183 kg Fraer Morrow
  Great Britain
180 kg Elena Andrieș
  Romania
179 kg
59 kg Sol Anette Waaler
  Norway
187 kg Olivia Blatch
  Great Britain
183 kg Jenny Tong
  Great Britain
170 kg
64 kg Zoe Smith
  Great Britain
225 kg Sarah Davies
  Great Britain
224 kg Marianne Saarhelo
  Finland
193 kg
71 kg Loredana Toma
  Romania
244 kg Huang Ting
  China
221 kg Sally Bennett
  Great Britain
196 kg
76 kg Nora Jäggi
  Switzerland
206 kg Taylor Jordan-Harris
  United States
201 kg Simona Hertlová
  Czech Republic
197 kg
81 kg Briana Sfamurri
  United States
214 kg Phoebe Hoi-Kay N’Golo
  United States
202 kg Rayen Cupid
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
196 kg
87 kg Yue Kang
  China
268 kg Juliana Riotto
  United States
226 kg Anna Van Bellinghen
  Belgium
215 kg
+87 kg Zhou Xiaoman
  China
300 kg Jia Weipeng
  China
256 kg Emily Campbell
  Great Britain
255 kg

References

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  1. ^ "British Weight Lifting Unveil Birds Eye as official sponsor for the British Weightlifting Championships". britishweightlifting.org.
  2. ^ "Calendar". International Weightlifting Federation.
  3. ^ "British International Open and British Senior Championships 2019 Start List" (PDF). britishweightlifting.org.
  4. ^ "British International Open and British Senior Championships 2019 Schedule" (PDF). britishweightlifting.org.
  5. ^ Oliver, Brian (9 June 2019). "Zoe Smith and Sarah Davies in record-breaking form to boost Olympic chances". The Sunday Times.
  6. ^ June 2019, Saltanat Boteu in Sports on 12 (12 June 2019). "Kazakh weightlifters win 2019 British International Open medals". The Astana Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Oliver, Brian (8 June 2019). "Ilyin lifts 350kg in Coventry and moves a step closer on long road to Tokyo 2020". www.insidethegames.biz.
  8. ^ "Ulanov wins gold, Ilyin takes silver at British International Open". www.inform.kz.
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