British International Open 2019

The British International Open 2019 (known as The Birds Eye British Championships for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was an IWF bronze level weightlifting event hosted at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on the 7-9 June 2019.^[2] The competition was a qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and featured 71 athletes from over 20 nations. ^[3]

British International Open 2019
Venue	Ricoh Arena
Location	Coventry, Great Britain
Dates	7–9 June
Competitors	71 from 20 nations

Schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the British International Open competitions:

Date	Time	Event
Friday, 7 June	15:30	Women’s 49kg
	18:10	Women’s 55kg
	20:20	Men's 73kg
Saturday, 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 102kg
Sunday, 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 ^[4]

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.^[5] 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. ^[6] The group was won by Ukraine's Kyryl Pyrohov. ^[7] Ilyin's Kazakhstan compatriot Denis Ulanov won gold in the Men's 81kg class. ^[8]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	3	2	0	5
2	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	2	1	5
3	Norway (NOR)	2	0	0	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	2	0	0	2
5	Great Britain (GBR)*	1	5	7	13
6	United States (USA)	1	3	0	4
7	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	1	0	2
8	Romania (ROM)	1	0	1	2
9	Estonia (EST)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (CHE)	1	0	0	1
11	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LIT)	0	1	0	1
13	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)	0	0	1	1
	Seychelles (SEY)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		15	15	14	44

Medalists

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
73 kg	Petr Petrov  Czech Republic	295 kg	Gareth Evans  Great Britain	286 kg	Rick Confiance  Seychelles	253 kg
81 kg	Denis Ulanov  Kazakhstan	325 kg	Sean Brown  Ireland	304 kg	Chris Murray  Great Britain	285 kg
96 kg	Kyril Pyrohov  Ukraine	351 kg	Ilya Ilyin  Kazakhstan	350 kg	Edmon Avetisyan  Great Britain	329 kg
102 kg	Leho Pent  Estonia	331 kg	Jiří Gasior  Czech Republic	312 kg	N/A	N/A
109 kg	Dmytro Chumak  Ukraine	380 kg	Arnas Šidiškis  Lithuania	350 kg	Owen Boxall  Great Britain	350 kg
+109 kg	Jiří Orság  Czech Republic	396 kg	Kamil Kučera  Czech Republic	395 kg	Enzo Kuworge  Netherlands	370 kg

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
49 kg	Zhang Rong  China	195 kg	Kelly-Jo Robson  Great Britain	156 kg	Hannah Powell  Great Britain	151 kg
55 kg	Sarah Øvsthus  Norway	183 kg	Fraer Morrow  Great Britain	180 kg	Elena Andrieș  Romania	179 kg
59 kg	Sol Anette Waaler  Norway	187 kg	Olivia Blatch  Great Britain	183 kg	Jenny Tong  Great Britain	170 kg
64 kg	Zoe Smith  Great Britain	225 kg	Sarah Davies  Great Britain	224 kg	Marianne Saarhelo  Finland	193 kg
71 kg	Loredana Toma  Romania	244 kg	Huang Ting  China	221 kg	Sally Bennett  Great Britain	196 kg
76 kg	Nora Jäggi  Switzerland	206 kg	Taylor Jordan-Harris  United States	201 kg	Simona Hertlová  Czech Republic	197 kg
81 kg	Briana Sfamurri  United States	214 kg	Phoebe Hoi-Kay N’Golo  United States	202 kg	Rayen Cupid  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	196 kg
87 kg	Yue Kang  China	268 kg	Juliana Riotto  United States	226 kg	Anna Van Bellinghen  Belgium	215 kg
+87 kg	Zhou Xiaoman  China	300 kg	Jia Weipeng  China	256 kg	Emily Campbell  Great Britain	255 kg