The British International Open 2019 (known as The Birds Eye British Championships for sponsorship reasons) was an IWF bronze level weightlifting event hosted at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on the 7-9 June 2019. The competition was a qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and featured 71 athletes from over 20 nations.
Schedule The following is the competition schedule for the British International Open competitions:
Date Time EventFriday, 7 June 15:30 Women's 49kg 18:10 Women's 55kg 20:20 Men's 73kgSaturday, 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 102kgSunday, 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
Event summary
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. 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. The group was won by Ukraine's Kyryl Pyrohov. Ilyin's Kazakhstan compatriot Denis Ulanov won gold in the Men's 81kg class.
Medal table
Medalists Men's events 73 kg 295 kg 286 kg 253 kg 81 kg 325 kg 304 kg 285 kg 96 kg 351 kg 350 kg 329 kg 102 kg 331 kg 312 kg N/A 109 kg 380 kg 350 kg 350 kg +109 kg 396 kg 395 kg 370 kg
Women's events 49 kg 195 kg 156 kg 151 kg 55 kg 183 kg 180 kg 179 kg 59 kg 187 kg 183 kg 170 kg64 kg 225 kg 224 kg 193 kg 71 kg 244 kg 221 kg 196 kg 76 kg 206 kg 201 kg 197 kg 81 kg 214 kg 202 kg 196 kg 87 kg 268 kg 226 kg 215 kg +87 kg 300 kg 256 kg 255 kg
References
External links Results Book