News / News Bulletin

Iranian lifters rank 2nd in IWF youth games

Wednesday, 26 October 2016 3:19 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 26 October 2016 3:20 AM ]

©PressTV

Iranian athletes have put up a great performance at the 2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Malaysia and finished runners-up at the international sporting event.

The Iranians finished in second place with 471 points. That’s while Russian youth weightlifters won the championship title with 489 points and Poland came in third with 456.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Weightlifting Federation had dispatched a team of eight weightlifters to the event.

Press TV’s website can also be accessed at the following alternate addresses:

www.presstv.co.uk

Sport