On October 4, the 3rd day of competition at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships will take place at the “Fordehuset” arena in Førde, Norway. “World Weightlifting Championships 2025”.
Two sets of medals are scheduled to be awarded today. The men will determine the strongest in the weight category up to 65 kg. The women will compete in the category up to 58 kg.
As a reminder, this year’s World Championships are being held in a new format with revised weight categories.
Men: 60, 65, 71, 79, 88, 94, 110, +110 kg.
Women: 48, 53, 58, 63, 69, 77, 86, +86 kg.
Competition schedule | Live results | Medal standings
The men will take to the platform first. The reigning world champion in the (up to 61 kg) category, North Korean weightlifter Pak Myong Jin, looks like the main favorite.
Jin will face competition from two-time world champion (2017 and 2022) Colombian Francisco Mosquera, the evergreen Indonesian lifter Eko Yuli Irawan, and 21-year-old American Hampton Morris, bronze medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The women’s podium will be decided in the evening. North Korean Kim Il Gyong is the headliner. At the 2024 World Championships in Bahrain, Kim set a new world record with a total of 249 kg (in the then-current weight category up to 59 kg).
Nigeria’s Rafiatu Folashade Lawal is also worth noting. Ukraine’s Olha Ivzhenko, a newly crowned European Championships bronze medalist, will also take to the platform.
The men’s final (up to 65 kg) starts at 18:00 (Eastern European Time UTC+2).
The women’s final session (up to 58 kg) starts at 20:30
Below, you can watch the LIVE video broadcast of the 3rd day of the World Weightlifting Championships 2025 from Førde…
