Tehran, IRNA – The team of Iranian weightlifting girls has finished third in the 2023 Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships in India.

In the final day of the games held on Friday in Delhi, Ghazaleh Hosseini won three gold medals and Hanieh Sharifi gained one silver and one bronze in the 64-kg category.

Also, in the 59-kg category, Ghazal Hosseini snatched one silver medal.

In the 71-kg and 76-kg contests, La’ya Karimi and Assal Kadkhodaei, respectively, won various medals while Kizhan Maghsoodi won two silver and one bronze medals in the 87-kg category.

The Iranian girls finished third in the tournament after India and Uzbekistan by gaining 488 points.  

The 2023 Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships was held in Delhi-NCR, India, from July 28 to August 5.
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