Weightlifting competitions were held in the Irkutsk region, serving as a qualifier for the Siberian Federal District championship in Berdsk in February 2014. Winners in their weight classes were athletes from Zima, Irkutsk, Sayansk and Angarsk, and Irkutsk athletes won the team standings among junior women and men. Details on the best results and placings are in the report.

The competition was held with the aim of improving the athletes’ level of sporting skill and selecting the best athletes for further participation in the Siberian Federal District championship in Berdsk in February 2014.
In the 48 kg weight category, Kristina Kirillova from Zima took first place. Zima athlete Alena Kotova was the best in the 53 kg category. In the 58 kg weight category, Iva Zagorodnikova won. Viktoria Yushchenko took first place in the 63 kg weight category. Yulia Tolstonogova won the gold medal among junior women in the 69 kg category. All three athletes are from Irkutsk. In the 75 kg weight category, Yulia Ivanova from Zima took first place. Yulia Bokova from Irkutsk was the best in the over 75 kg category.
Among junior men, Sergey Bokichev from Zima took first place in the 56 kg weight category. Another athlete from Zima, Nikita Dmitriev, took first place in the 62 kg weight category. Ivan Zakharov from Sayansk was the best in the 69 kg category. Roman Rednikin from Irkutsk won in the 85 kg weight category. Vadim Kislov from Irkutsk won in the 94 kg category. Maksim Kuvarin won the gold medal in the 105 kg category. In the over 105 kg weight category, Semyon Krokholev from the Angarsk team “Sibiryak” was recognized as the best weightlifter.
Based on the team standings among junior women, the athletes from Irkutsk took first place with 62 points. The Zima weightlifters came second with 58 points. The team from Shelekhov rounded out the top three with 20 points.
Among junior men, the Irkutsk athletes took first place with 122 points. The “Sibiryak” team from Angarsk came in second. Their result was 107 points. The boys from Zima took third place with 102 points.
The organizers of the competition are the Ministry of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Angara Region and the Weightlifting Federation of the Irkutsk Region.
Based on materials from the press service of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Irkutsk Region