Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam are among the leading teams at the 2024 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Doha, Qatar.
After six days of competition, the junior athletes have secured nine golds, 13 silvers and nine bronzes, placing them second below Kazakhstan which has won 12 golds.
In the youth class, they were in top position with 11 golds and five silvers. Thailand, with ten golds and Uzbekistan, with seven are second and third, respectively.
Among the best athletes from Vietnam are K'Duong with six golds in the 55kg junior and youth categories. He also set three new world and Asian junior records of 116kg in snatch, 146kg in clean and jerk and 262kg in total.
Y Lien won four golds and one silver in the women's 49kg junior and youth classes.
SEA Games champion Tran Minh Tri took three golds in the men's junior 67kg.
“It is a great achievement for K’Duong as an individual and for Vietnam overall, said manager of the Vietnamese team, Nguyen Huy Hung.
My athletes performed well at the world junior championship and now they are doing well at the Asian event. They have gave it their best and we respect their efforts.
The Doha championships featured nearly 350 athletes from different countries and regions. It closed on December 25./.
