Islamic Games Weightlifting competitions to be held in Baku, on May 12-22, continue. Today, women in 63 kg and 69 kg weight categories got on the platform. In this weight categories, our 2 women athletes won medals. Anastasia Ibrahimli was champion , Elnara Abbasova won bronze medal.
After the competition, Hafiz Süleymanov, the coach of National team, told AAAF TV that he was very happy with the success of our athletes: “During the competition I was more excited than Anastasia Ibrahimli. I’ve had the same feelings for being an athlete. Anastasia performed better than I expected. In short, we saw the fruits of our efforts.
I dedicate this gold medal to the President of Azerbaijan Republic-Ilham Aliev, the first Vice-President Mehriban Alieva, the President of AZE WF- Jahangir Askerov and the Vice-President of Federation-Tofig Heydarov. Hopefully, our victories will be sustainable. ”
