Islamic Games Weightlifting competitions to be held in Baku, on May 12-22, started. 130 athletes from 21 countries will get on the platform. There are 51 women, 79 men among them. Azerbaijan National Team will compete with full staff- 16 persons ( 8 women and 8 men).
Men in 105kg got on the platform. In that group,we hadnot representative. In this weight category, Iran athlete Barari Mahammadrza was gold medalist with total 395 kg (175+220) result. Silver medalist was Irag athlete Salvan Alayfuri with total 391 kg (176+215) and Uzbekistan athlete Ivan Yefremov was bronze medalist with total 380 kg (175+205) result.