The Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships, held at the Olympic Village in Tashkent, have come to an end. On the final day of competition, medals were contested in the heaviest weight category. In the over-110kg category among youth athletes, Uzbekistan’s Omadillo Olimov won gold medals in the clean and jerk and in the total.

Over the eight days of competition, representatives of Uzbekistan won the following medals:

Youth:

🥇 7 gold medals
🥈 10 silver medals
🥉 6 bronze medals

Total — 23 medals

Juniors:

🥇 6 gold medals
🥈 8 silver medals
🥉 14 bronze medals

Total — 28 medals

In addition, our athletes finished first in the team standings in four categories:

— overall points among youth athletes;
— points among female athletes;
— overall points among juniors;
— points among male athletes.

The National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan sincerely congratulates the Uzbekistan Weightlifting Federation, athletes and coaches, as well as all fans, on the strong results achieved at these championships.