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Addie Jones from the United States\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<\/strong>Ali Abdelradi from Egypt were dominant champions on day five of the IWF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia. Their victories ended a run of four straight wins by European nations.<\/p>\nAbdelradi, who holds all three youth world records at 79kg, did not make any attempts to better them in Cali but did not need to, finishing 13kg clear with a five-from-six 143-175-318.<\/p>\n
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Addie Jones (USA)<\/em><\/p>\nJones was helped to 69kg victory on her World Championships debut by one of the biggest names in the sport in the United States.<\/p>\n
Mike Gattone, USA Weightlifting\u2019s performance director and head coach, is there for all team members at international events \u2013 but with Jones he has a stronger presence because he is her personal coach at her home gym near Chicago.<\/p>\n
Two B Group lifters made the podium on total as Jones finished 12kg clear on 91-114-205, making all six lifts and claiming a sweep of national youth records.<\/p>\n
\u201cAddie\u2019s very committed, trains five times a week and I\u2019m real proud of her,\u201d <\/em>said Gattone.<\/p>\nHe has been personal coach to other international medallists including Abby Raymond and Jackie Berube-Black \u2013 who is also part of the national coaching team and is in Cali \u2013 but Jones was his first athlete to win on the global stage since Tara Nott\u2019s gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it makes any difference that I\u2019m Addie\u2019s personal coach because I give the same level of commitment and attention to everyone on the team, but it\u2019s a good feeling,\u201d<\/em> said Gattone.<\/p>\n\u201cI first went into coaching back in 1990. Of course there were people coaching at clubs and gyms but at that time there were only two full-time paid weightlifting coaches in the US, Dragomir Cioroslan at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and me at a not-for-profit project in Peoria, Illinois, aimed at getting at-risk kids into the sport. It changed my life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nJones, who was 17 last month and started lifting aged nine, said of Gattone, \u201cHe\u2019s the best. I\u2019m on a roll of going six-for-six in my past few competitions and I was expecting a medal here. Mike has done a lot of work with me for this, physical and mental, and it really helped.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/iwf.sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/W69_Podium-704x1024.jpg\")
Jones and Rhianne Cabalida (PHI)<\/em><\/p>\nHagar Roshdy from Egypt, who had the highest entry total and was expected to challenge for medals, was not fit to lift and withdrew. Ilenia Vella from Italy and Edith Rios from Mexico won medals from the A Group but not on total.<\/p>\n
Vella took silver in clean and jerk and finished fourth on 81-106-187, while Rios was third in snatch and sixth overall on 86-98-184.<\/p>\n
Rhianne Cabalida, 15, failed with her final two attempts in the B Group but was second in snatch, third in clean and jerk and second on total for the Philippines on 88-105-193.<\/p>\n
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Beyonce Bolanos (ECU)<\/em><\/p>\nBeyonce Bolanos was so surprised to win a medal that she was not there for the ceremony. Bolanos, from Ecuador, was fifth in snatch, fourth in clean and jerk and third on total from the B Group on 83-105-188.<\/p>\n
Abdelradi finished 13kg clear in the men\u2019s event, making five from six for 143-175-318. It was a welcome and convincing victory for Egypt after disappointing earlier performances, two of which were marred by elbow injuries.<\/p>\n
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Ali Abdelradi (EGY)<\/em><\/p>\nThere was a famous achievement for Libya when Abdulrauf Khalifa finished second. He made 137-168-305, moving up from fourth at halfway to become Libya\u2019s first ever medallist at the World Youths.<\/p>\n
Libya had its first success at the World Juniors two years ago in Spain, when Mohammed Alzintani was third at 73kg, but has never won a senior World Championships medal.<\/p>\n
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Men\u2019s 79kg category podium<\/em><\/p>\nKhalifa\u2019s father, Abdalla, won international medals around the turn of the century.<\/p>\n
Third place in a tight finish went to Yernur Myrzakhmet from Kazakhstan on 142-162-304. Arsenii Kurochkin from Russia was third in clean and jerk on 166kg and came desperately close to making the 174kg he needed for a medal on total. He could not lock out the lift and ended up seventh overall.<\/p>\n
Yigitham Eroglu from Turkiye took snatch bronze on 139kg and finished fourth when, like Kurochkin, he failed with his last two attempts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By Brian Oliver<\/em><\/p>\nPhotos by Giorgio Scala\/Deepbluemedia<\/em><\/p>\n
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