IV Islamic Solidarity Games weightlifting competitions held in Baku, ended. 128 athletes (51 women and 77 men) from 20 countries joined the medal struggle in the competition hall of Weightlifting Academy, in Shuvelan, on May 13-17.
The athletes’ performances, as well as their individual achievements, enrich the score of their National team. In Islamic Games, the best men and women teams of the tournament were identified with the system like in other weightlifting competitions. The rule is as follows: Each athlete increases his\her country’s points reserve accordingly, as well as the medal she\he got.
28 points for the 1st place, 25 for the 2nd, 23 for the 3rd place athlete, and points are awarded with a reduction of one point according to all the next places: 22 points for the 4th , 21 for the 5th and finally, 1 point for the 25th place.
Azerbaijan National Team participated with full staff- 16 persons ( 8 women and 8 men), in that competition. Members of our team got on the podium 4 times, in total. Among women, Sabina Azimova (53 kg) and Elnara Abbasova (63 kg) – bronze medalists and Anastasia Ibrahimli (69 kg) was gold medalist. Rovshan Fatullayev won bronze medal (94 kg) among men. The achievement of 25% of the National team is a great result in terms of the development of weightlifting. Our athletes, who did not win medals, were remembered by their persistence until the end. As a result, both men and women National team took the 2nd place in the team standings.
Among women, Marziyya Maharramova with 20 points, Sabina Azimova with 23, Gulchin Alizade with 22, Elnara Abbasova with 23, Firuza Ibrahimova with 21, Anastasia Ibrahimli with 28, Fidan Huseynzade and Fidan Abdurrahmanova each with 19 points, raised our total reserves to 175. This means that Azerbaijan Women Weightlifting Team is the 2nd best team in the Games. The 3rd was Indonesian team with 146 points and the champion was Turkey with 194 points.
We had the same result in men. So, the points were added to our account by Elmar Aliev 20, Allahyar Abishov 18, Afgan Bayramov 17, Jeyhun Taghizade 22, Kamran Ismayilov 18, Rovshan Fatullayev 23, Nailkhan Nabiyev 19 and Azer Mammadli 21. This means total 158 points. Men weightlifting team was the 2nd best team with this result in Islamic Games. The 3rd was Saudi Arabian team with 144 points and the champion was Iran with 193 points.
