K'Duong wins gold medals at IWF World Youth Championships. (Photo: IWF) The Vietnamese broke all three of his own youth world records when hefinished 24kg clear of his nearest rival in the men’s 55kg category on March 26.
K'Duong, who celebrated his 16th birthday threeweeks ago, was the only current world record holder among the men’s entries inDurres.
He has made only 11 attempts in hisinternational weightlifting career and he has already set six world records.
In the snatch event, he missed his firstattempt at 107kg because of a press-out, but successfully managedit the second time to secure the first gold. He then went up 7kg to betterhis world best by 1kg at the Ramazan Njala Sport Complex.
In the clean and jerk, his firstattempt of 132kg gave him a sweep of gold. He then jumped 12kg, and justfailed with the jerk. However, he came back to make the lift with his finalattempt and scored his second record, also 1kg better than the previousone.
In total, his combined weight of 258kg broughthim the third gold and third record.
Last July, K'Duong broke the world andcontinental youth records in his debut at the Asian Championships in Uzbekistanwhen he lifted 113kg, 143kg and 256kg in the snatch, clean and jerk andtotal, respectively. He declined his final clean and jerk and finished 8kgclear of his nearest rival.
His teammate A Tieu was second in the snatch at 106kg but dropped away tofinish fifth on total. Meetei Tomchou of India was third in the snatch andsecond in the clean and jerk, took the silver with a totalof 103-131-234, and Burak Aykun (TUR) was third in clean and jerk andtotal with 102-125-227.
In the men's 61kg class, K’Brum brought Vietnamone silver in the snatch with a lift of 113kg and two bronzes in the cleanand jerk with a 142kg lift and a total of 255kg.
Perhat Bagtyýarow of Turkmenistan won snatchgold while Albert Delos Santos of the Philippines secured golds inthe clean and jerk and total.
The world championship is an annual eventorganised for the first time in 2009 for athletes from 13-17 years old.
The Durres event is heldfrom March 25 to April 1 with 20 weight categories for men and women. Vietnamhas eight representatives, five men and three women./.
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