Baghdad-Sana
Syrian weightlifter Maan Asaad won three gold medals today in the Arab Weightlifting Championship currently being held in Iraq, with the wide participation of players from all Arab teams.
The Olympic weightlifter, Asaad, awarded our national team the three gold medals in competitions over 109 kg, which came with a snatch with 185 kg, a netter with 235 kg, and a total of 420 kg.
Weightlifter Ahmed Al-Ali won three bronzes, Kamel Al-Asmar won six silvers in the weight above 102 kg and 109 kg, and Izz Al-Din Al-Ghafeer won two bronzes in the weight above 102 kg in the junior and youth categories.
Our team player Jaafar Mia won two gold medals in the netter competitions in the junior and youth categories, a silver in total for the youth category, a bronze in the net for the men’s category, and two bronze in the total for juniors and men.
On the second day, Ali Al-Helou won three silver medals in the 89-kg weight competitions in the snatch, netter and total competitions in the junior category, and bronze in the netter in the youth category. Al-Miqdad Hassan won four bronze medals in the weight of 81 kg for the under-17 juniors, including 3 medals in the snatch of 103 kg and the runner 130 kg, and in total 233 kg and fourth in the snatch for the youth category 103 kg.
Mohammed Al-Khater
