IWF World Junior Championships:
Iran’s Emadi wins snatch bronze, misses out on total podium
Iranian weightlifter Hassan Emadi finished his campaign in the IWF World Junior Championships with a snatch bronze in the men’s 109kg contests in León, Spain.
The Iranian recorded 163kg to finish behind Russian Uladzislau Sakovich (170kg) – taking part as a neutral athlete – and Turkey’s Muhammed Emin Burun, who took the silver with 168kg.
Emadi then registered a best effort of 191kg in the clean & jerk contest, though it wasn’t enough for him to finish in the top three, as Sakovich bagged a second gold with 204kg, followed by Georgia’s Gurami Vekua (200kg) and Jordanian Asem Al-Sallaj (199kg).
Emadi had to settle for a fourth-place finish in total with 354kg.
Alireza Abbaspour had won three medals for Iran earlier in the competitions, collecting the snatch bronze before the C&J and total silvers in the in the men’s 89kg contests.