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2023 ASIAN YOUTH AND JUNIOR WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY, GREATER NOIDA
9th DAY 05th Aug 2023 (Saturday)
The 9th and the penultimate day of 2023 Asian Youth (Boys & Girls) and Junior (Men & Women) Weightlifting Championships started with men’s 109 Kg and +109 Kg weight Category in Junior Section.
Medals are being awarded for the first three winners in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total Weight Category.
| Sr.No. | Name | Gender | Wt. cat. | Section | Nation | Snatch | C & J | Total | Rank |
| 1 | NOMOZOV Kurbonmurod | Male | 109 Kg | Junior | UZB | 160 | 200 | 360 | 1 |
| 2 | ZARE Kourosh | Male | 109 Kg | Junior | IRI | 157 | 192 | 349 | 2 |
| 3 | MA Ching-Chieh | Male | 109 Kg | Junior | TPE | 155 | 190 | 345 | 3 |
| 4 | ESFANDIARI Alireza | Male | +109 Kg | Junior | IRI | 177 | 207 | 384 | 1 |
| 5 | NAM Jiyong | Male | +109 Kg | Junior | KOR | 156 | 213 | 369 | 2 |
| 6 | NEMATI MOGHADDAM Taha | Male | +109 Kg | Junior | IRI | 166 | 200 | 366 | 3 |
Best Lifter Youth Girls – Rustamova Anamjan from Turkmenistan with 904.4261 Points
Best Lifter Youth Boys – Delos Santos Prince Keil from Philippines with 844.0010 Points
Best Lifter Junior Women – Chen Guan- Ling from Chinese Taipei with 603.6453 Points
Best Lifter Junior Men – Do Tu Tung from Vietnam with 664.8068 Points
Best Team Youth Girls – India
Runner up Team Youth Girls – Uzbekistan
Best Team Youth Boys – Islamic Republic of Iran
Runner up Team Youth Boys – Uzbekistan
Best Team Junior Women – Uzbekistan
Runner up Team Junior Women – India
Best Team Junior Men – Uzbekistan
Runner up Team Junior Men – Islamic Republic of Iran
The Chief Guest for the closing ceremony of 2023 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships was Mrs. Sujata Chaturvedi, IAS, Secretary Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. In her address she first congratulated the Indian weightlifting Federation for successfully organising back to back two Weightlifting Championships. She also mentioned that the budget for sports has been on the rise since the last nine years which can be seen on ground as the facilities and infrastructure for athletes has improved manifold.
The president of International Weightlifting Federation Mr Mohammed Jalood mentioned that India is ready for organising the World Championships in the future after successfully organising the Asian Championships.
A Special thanks for support to host the incredible Championships in India to our Sponsor i.e., Sports Authority of India, Department of Sports, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Gas Authority of India Limited, Oil India Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Sharda Hospital, Eleiko, Nelco India Pvt. Ltd. Shiv Naresh, Gautam Buddha University.
With regards,
Sahdev Yadav
President
Indian Weightlifting Federation
Secretariat address – C-2/18, Sector-31,
Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301 (India)
Email – weightlifting@weightliftingindia.in
Website – www.iwlf.in
