Bac Ninh lifter sets world record at Asian championships

21/02/2020 13:36

(BNP) - From February 14th to February 19th, 2020 Asian Weightlifting Youth & Junior Championships has been held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Lifter Do Tu Tung (in the middle) secures six gold medals at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Youth & Junior Championships (Photo: The Provincial Center for Sports Coaching and Competition)

The tournament attracted nearly 200 athletes from 20 countries and territories. Vietnam sent a team of 9 lifters to Tashkent with nearly 200 other competitors competing in 24 categories, of which, Do Tu Tung athlete of Bac Ninh province participated in in the men’s 55kg category in the youth and junior events

Lifter Do Tu Tung performs in the men's 55kg clean & jerk class at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Youth & Junior Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Tung won six golds and set a world junior record.

In the snatch event, Tung lifted 110kg to top the podium. His result was a world junior record beating the previous mark set by Italy's Massidda Sergio last October by 1kg.