Georgia wins second gold at World Weightlifting Championship
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Georgia has won its second gold medal at the ongoing World Weightlifting Championship in the city of Pattaya, Thailand earlier today.
Anton Plesnoi completed snatches of 172kg,177kg and 181kg and set the under 23 European record.
He also won bronze in the clean and jerk competition
Georgian weightlifter Revaz Davitadze won gold at the championship yesterday.
The current championship in Thailand, which opened on September 23, has athletes competing from 100 countries.
Several Georgian athletes will compete in the coming hours, including top Georgian and world weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze.
The coach of the Georgian weightlifting team is Giorgi Asanidze.
The championship is scheduled to end on September 26.
Georgian weightlifter Revaz Davitadze has won gold at the World Championship in the city of Pattaya, Thailand earlier today.
Georgian athletes have triumphed at the European Weightlifting Championship receiving ten gold, three silver and two bronze medals in Bucharest, Romania. Georgia’s weightlifting world champion and record-breaking athlete, Lasha Talakhadze received three gold medals in different categories.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will award weightlifters of 2017 in Tbilisi on May 8, which will be the first international sport award ceremony in Georgia.
Georgia’s Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze is in the running to be named Weightlifter of the Year via an online fan survey.
Athletes of Georgia's U23 national weightlifting team swept 17 medals at the European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships that concluded on Sunday in Bucharest.