Damascus-SANA
With gold, the Syrian weightlifter Maan Asaad scored his name on the Arab and continental podiums during his sporting career, which spanned more than ten years, and his ambition is still strongly accompanying him to add more titles to the Syrian sports treasuries.
As the Olympic Games in Tokyo approach, Asaad's ambition increases to compete strongly in the weight of over 109 kg and achieve a good result that crowns his career with a title in this huge global sporting event.
In a statement to SANA Sports Bulletin, Asaad, born in Hama 1993, said: “I grew up in a sporting family and with the encouragement of my father, I began to work my way in weightlifting with great confidence and determination to achieve achievement. At the local level, I won the Republic Championship titles in all its categories and set records for all categories over ten years. And she achieved the highest record set in the history of Syrian weightlifting, with a total of 433 kg.
Asaad added: I have spared no effort in order to achieve a sporting achievement for Syria by which I raise the nation’s flag high on the podiums. During my foreign participation, I achieved the titles of the Asian Junior and Youth Championship in 2010 and 2013, the Arab Championship for Youth and Men in 2013, the silver of the International Fajr International Tournament 2013, the gold of the International Solidarity Championship 2018 and the bronze of the Asian Championship 2019 and fourth place in the net and fifth in total at the World Championships in Thailand 2019.
Asaad continued: She won the gold of the World Challenge Championship in Switzerland in 2019, and the silver of the Asian Championship in Uzbekistan in 2021, and the last stations qualified for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, according to the list of players classification issued by the International Weightlifting Federation, which included 26 players who managed to achieve second place at the level of Asia after the Iranian Ali David.
In turn, coach Qais Asaad, the supervisor of his training, pointed to the distinguished level that our athlete enjoys and his great will to achieve his ambition and unrelenting determination in order to reach his goal, explaining that his player suffered a right shoulder injury about two weeks ago, which made us reduce the training pressure a little while he recovers, showing in At the same time, he is confident that our quarter will achieve a good result in the next maturity.
Mohammed Al-Rahil
