Karaganda weightlifters became prize-winners of the Asian Championship

Three Karaganda athletes won prizes at the Asian Weightlifting Championship. The winners of the bronze awards were Artem Antropov, Aisha Omarova and Lyubov Kovalchuk.

The Continental Championship was held in Manama (Kingdom of Bahrain). 186 athletes from 29 countries gathered for the championship. Kazakhstan was represented by 18 athletes.

In total, Artem Antropov lifted 377 kilograms in the category up to 96 kilograms. At the same time, he became the best in the "push" exercise (219 kg).

Lyubov Kovalchuk (+87 kg) won the silver medal in the snatch and was third in the clean and jerk. The result is a total of 266 kg (115+151).

Aisha Omarova won bronze in the weight category up to 81 kilograms.

In the team competition, the men's team from Kazakhstan took first place, scoring 658 points. The second and third places were shared by the national teams of Uzbekistan (655 points) and Iran (631 points).

The women's national team of Kazakhstan became the bronze medalist (550 points). The Indonesian team is in the lead (631 points), and the Chinese Taipei team is in second place (580 points).

According to the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Karaganda region