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).
Today, Men in 85 kg weight category got on the platform. In this weight category, Azerbaijan is represented by Jeyhun Taghizade and Kamran Ismayilov. In snatch, Kamran lifted 142 kg and could lift 170 kg, in clean and jerk. He took the 7th place with total 312 kg (142+170) result.
Jeyhun Taghizade lifted 148 kg in snatch and could lift 176 kg, in clean and jerk. He took the 4th place with total 324 kg (148+176) result.
In 85 kg weight category, the champion was Irag athlete Safaa Aljumail with 346 kg (152+194) result. Silver medalist was Uzbekistan athlete Ulugbek Alimov with 339 kg (151+188) and Saudi Arabian Khalil Al Hamgan was bronze medalist with 329 kg (147+182) result.
