TEHRAN, Jun 8 - Getting up and running with weightlifting, where the Iranian national team have been crowned the champions of the Junior World Championships for the 4th successive year.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Iran, which had participated in the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation Games held in Fiji with 10 athletes, topped the men’s overall classification with 622 points, thanks to their 2 gold, 4 silver and 9 bronze medals. The US finished second, while Japan followed in third.
Ali Davoudi and Mohammad Hosseini were the two Iranian gold medalists, in the snatch of the over 109 kg and 89 kg categories respectively. Meanwhile, Iran’s 15-year-old, Alireza Yousefi, was a sensation, smashing youth world records six times. Iran had also won the title in Tiflis 2016, Tokyo 2017 and Tashkent 2018 championships.
Source: Press TV