Vietnam wins three golds at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships

Vietnamese weightlifters on September 5 grabbed three gold and three silver medals in the men’s 55kg category at the ongoing 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in Saudi Arabia.

Wednesday, September 06, 2023 09:52

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Vietnamese weightlifter Lai Gia Thanh (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese weightlifters on September 5 grabbed three gold and three silver medals in the men’s 55kgcategory at the ongoing 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in Saudi Arabia.

The three golds went to Lai Gia Thanh whileThanh’s teammate Ngo Son Dinh bagged the three silvers.

Without Chinese athletes registering to competein this weight category, Thanh and Dinh outplayed their opponents from Thailandand Indonesia to clinch the medals.

The medals helped to motivate both Vietnameseathletes in the lead-up to ASIAD 19 competitions due to take place in Hangzhou,China, later this month.

The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships isgetting underway in Riyadh from September 4-17 with theparticipation of 719 athletes from 153 countries and territories. The competitionserves as a mandatory event to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, to which Vietnamese weightlifters have yet to get anytickets./.

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