Weightlifter wins three golds at Asian Champs

Young weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan has brought home three gold medals for Vietnam in the men’s U56kg event of the 2012 Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships.
Young weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan has brought home three gold medals forVietnam in the men’s U56kg event of the 2012 Asian JuniorWeightlifting Championships.

In addition, his team-mates TranThi My Dung won one silver in the women’s 53kg snatch and Ngo Thuan Nubagged another in the women’s 63kg clean-and-jerk. Thechampionships took place in Yangon, Myanmar, from November 5-12

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