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The 10 Most Interesting Things About Worlds 2026 | News Show

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In this week's episode of the WLHOUSE News Show we take a look at the 10 most interesting things from the 2026 World Championships preliminary entry list. We also, as always, take a look at the biggest lifts from around the world.

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Chapters: 00:00 On this week's episode 00:20 Worlds preliminary start-list 00:52 1) Rahmat vs Rizki is back 02:45 2) Big battles confirmed 04:02 3) Lasha is on the start-list 05:28 4) North Korean men are... out of whack 07:04 5) Karlos' conformed competitors 08:17 6) Ri Song gum NOT in Olympic class 09:47 7) Ri Suk vs Song Kuk hyang? 10:57 8) Liao Guifang leaves Olivia for Solfrid! 12:21 9) Olivia Reeves lucks out at -77kg 13:17 10) Li Wenwen returns vs Li Yan 15:00 Fang Wan Ling 108kg (-49kg) 15:28 Ozbek 190kg block clean (-65kg) 16:05 Ding goes 148/183 at -65kg! 17:18 Sophie Shaft equals WR snatch (-61kg) 18:09 Ryan Grimsland 210kg jerk (-75kg) 18:58 Lei Jiangqing 225kg jerk at -85kg 19:43 Martyna Dolega 127kg complex (-69kg) 20:12 Jokser 160kg snatch (-95kg) 21:06 Kianoush 165kg x2 (-95kg) 22:37 Jarquin 109/135 (-77kg) 23:00 Iryna Do,brovska 140kg x14 (-86kg) 24:03 Chen Po-jen 230kg 5x1 (-110kg) 24:58 Akbar 310kg squat, 185kg snatch, 290 FS (-110kg) 26:12 Hosny 180kg power complex (-110kg) 26:40 This Guy 190kg block snatch (-110kg) 27:38 Lasha Talakhadze 185/210 (+110kg) 28:56 Park squats 255kg (+86kg)

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