The 16th Championship in Weight Lifting was held in Italy, Shatillon from 14 till 16 November 2008. 16 combined teams fought for the champion title, about 200 sportsmen took part at the championship. A member of KRO IPA Nikolay Berdinskikh took part in the masters’ group. In individual championship he took the 1st place, and as a member of the Russian combined team – the 2nd.