Iran’s Yousefi Wins Gold at IWF Junior World Championships
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Alireza Yousefi of Iran claimed a gold medal in the men’s 109kg of the 2022 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships.
The superheavyweight set a new Junior world record clean & jerk of 239 kilograms in Heraklion, Greece.
He lifted 177kg in snatch, 239kg in clean and jerk and 416kg in total.
Yousefi’s new Junior world record clean & jerk is one kilogram heavier than the previous one, which he also held, scored at the 2021 IWF World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in last year’s December.
Mirkhosil Mirzabaev from Uzbekistan won the silver with (176-212-388) and Ukraine’s Bohdan Taranenko seized the bronze with (167-207-374).
