The Turkmen weightlifter won silver at the youth World Championship
Gaygysyz Torayev, representing Turkmenistan at the World Youth Weightlifting Championships in Mexico, became the silver medalist in the weight category up to 81 kg.
Having mastered a 151 kg barbell in the snatch and 184 kg in the clean and jerk, the Turkmen athlete showed a result of 355 kg in the two–man event. The world championship in this weight category went to Kazakhstan's Ediga Emberdi with a tiny difference – only 1 kg.
The Turkmen delegation includes 5 more athletes: two of them – Gulyalek Kakamyradova and Perhat Bagtyyarov have already performed in the past days. Three more: Anamjan Rustamova, Resul Rejepov and Shahzadbek Matyakubov — will compete for the championship title in their weight categories in the following days, before the closing of the championship on November 23.
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