NEW DELHI – Iran’s youth weightlifting team became the vice-champion of Asia at the 2023 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in India.
Young Iranian boys finished runner-up in the Asian Weightlifting Championship after winning 3 gold, 11 silver, and 7 bronze medals and gaining 708 team points.
Uzbekistan stood in the first place with 729 points and India won the third title with 599 points.
Earlier, Iran’s youth women weightlifters stood in fourth place after receiving 2 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze medals and gaining 531 team points.
Uzbekistan, India, and Vietnam ranked first, second, and third respectively.
The weightlifting competitions of the 2023 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships were held in New Delhi, India, from July 28 to August 5.
Alireza Esfandiari of Iran claimed a gold medal at the 2023 Asian Junior Weightlifting on Saturday.
He lifted 177kg in the snatch and 207kg in the clean and jerk to win the gold medal for a total of 384kg in the +109kg weight category.
The silver medal went to South Korean weightlifter Jiyong Nam with (156-213-369) and Uzbekistan’s Kurbonmorod Momozov seized the bronze with (160-200-360).