I can hardly believe it, we just got Eurosport on cable over here in Australia, so it looks like I'll actually be able to watch the World Weightlifting Championships after all. The last time it as televised here was when it was hosted by Melbourne, way back in 1993!

The preliminary entry lists have been published. Some Chinese lifters miss from the list because they haven't announced them due to closeness of National Games. In Xinhua News they reported that Wang Mingjuan (48kg category), Chen Xiaoting (53kg category), Li Xueying (58kg category), Guo Xiyan (63kg category), Liu Chunhong, (69kg category), Cao Lei (75kg category), Meng Suping, (over 75kg category)would be the lifters.

Nahla Ramadan is making a comeback in 75+ category and she did recently 280 total in national championships.