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2018. g. July 08, 22:48 / Sport Administration, www.sportacentrs.com Photo: EPA / Scanpix
From July 7 to 14, the Junior World Weightlifting Championships are held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where coaches Eduard Andruskevich and Victor Shcherbatiha Under the direction of the Ventspils Olympic Team, Rebecca Koha and Ritvars Suharevs, as well as the Ventspils training center athlete, Armands Mežinskis, will participate in the event. event.
77 kilograms of the tournament have 23 weightlifters. Ritvars Suharevs (19) aims at the sum of 340 kg which is the best in this competition. The main competitors of Latvia could be Tunisians Sofians Heleafija (330), Iranians Hosein Soltani (321) and Armenian Rafik Harutyunyan (320). The departure will take place on July 10 at 10am. 17.00
85 kilograms in the tournament have 25 powerlifters. Armands Mežinskis (age 17) is one of the youngest actors. Our athlete is focused on 315 kg and is not a favorite. The Group B competitions will begin on July 11 at. 12:00 pm
As announced, the Koha Junior Championship last year beat the top Chinese favorites and won the gold. Suharevs finished fourth – 1 podium
Several weightlifting powers (China, Russia, etc.) are not allowed this year. because of the disqualification, the competition is not as strong as it was formerly.
In order to promote the growth of high performance athletes, the municipality of Ventspils is supporting a high performance athlete training program, which includes 32 athletes, which provides funding of 85,000 euros to the municipality of Ventspils. The importance of this program is demonstrated by the participation of athletes supported by Ventspils at the Olympic Games, World Championships and Europe. With the help of the program, athletes have sporting bases and other financial and organizational aids.
We wish our athletes good luck!
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