IWF World Junior Championships:
Iran’s Abbaspour collects triple medals
The sixth day of the IWF World Junior Championships saw Iranian weightlifter Alireza Abbaspour bag three medals, including double silvers, in León, Spain.
Representing the country in the men’s 89kg contests on Tuesday, Abbaspour had to settle for a bronze medal in the snatch event, courtesy of a sole successful lift of 156kg.
Uzbekistan’s Diyorbek Ermatov bagged the snatch gold with 162kg – four kilograms clear of Colombian silver medalist Jokser Albornoz.
A triple world youth gold winner in 2021, Abbaspour delivered a much-improved performance to win the clear & jerk silver.
The 20-year-old Iranian began his campaign with a 186kg effort and then went on to raise 190kg and 195kg above his head to finish second to Kazakhstan’s Yedige Yemberdi, who ended fifth in the snatch table but tallied 199kg to win the gold in the second event of the weight class.
Albornoz won the bronze, thanks to a 192kg lift on his third attempt.
The top three in the total standings were decided by thin margins as Yemberdi won the ultimate prize with 352kg, with Abbaspour claiming a second silver of the afternoon with 351kg, while Albornoz registered 350kg for the bronze.