Iranian girls finish third in Asian youth weightlifting
Iranian girls finished on the third podium in the youth contests of the Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships in Delhi, India.
The host country collected 690 points to pip Uzbekistan to the title by two points, with Iran – represented by seven weightlifters at the youth event – tallying 488 points, – courtesy of three golds as well as four silver and bronze medals apiece.
Ghazaleh Hosseini headlined the list of the Iranian medalists in Delhi by making a clean sweep of top-spot finishes in the 64kg weight class – the first Asian weightlifting golds of the age category for the country.
Haniyeh Sharifi took the clean & jerk silver and total bronze of the class.
La’ya Karimi rounded off her 71kg campaign with three medals – the snatch and total silvers plus the C&J bronze.
Asal Kadkhodaei added a couple of 76kg snatch and total bronzes to Iran’s medal count, while Ghazal Hosseini grabbed a snatch silver thanks to an 80kg lift in the 59kg weight class.