Ghofrane Belkhir. Weightlifter.
Tunisian weightlifter Ghofrane Belkhir (59 kg) won Thursday two gold medals in both the categories – snatch and total weight (203 kg) at the World Weightlifting Championships (December 7-17) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Belkhir is Tunisia’s only representative at this event.
On May 25; 2021 – she had already won three gold medals; weighing 59 kg during the IWF World Junior Championships competitions.
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TUNISIA
Man Assad. Weight Lifter. Athlete.
Syrian weightlifter Man Asaad on Wednesday picked up an Olympic bronze medal in the men’s plus-109-kilogram competition at the Tokyo International Forum.
The 27-year-old posted a 190 in the snatch category and followed that with a clean and jerk best of 234, for a total of 424.
Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia won gold with a new Olympic and world record 488, while silver medal winner Ali Davoudi of Iran managed a score of 441.
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SYRIA