BAHRAIN ranked first in the Arab world, fourth in Asia and fifth globally in the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships, held in Bogota, Colombia.
The event served as a qualification event for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
National team weightlifter Lesman Paredes bagged the gold medal in the 96kg category, winning gold in the snatch with a lift of 185kg and silver in the clean and jerk with a lift of 212kg, to snatch the first place and gold medal with an overall total of 397kg.
Meanwhile, Gor Minasyan bagged a silver medal in the over 109kg category with a total of 462kg, 4kg behind Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia who took the gold medal.
Minasyan took second place in the clean and jerk competition with 250kg, and third place in the snatch competition with 212kg.
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