2023 National Club Weightlifting Championships opens

30/10/2023 09:07

(BNP) - On the evening of October 29, the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, the Department of Sports and Physical Training and the Vietnam Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Federation jointly held the opening ceremony of the 2023 National Club Weightlifting Championships.


Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Huu Hung, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Tournament (5th from the right) presents souvenir flags to participating teams.

The tournament this year attracted more than 170 athletes from 25 delegations across the country. This is an annual tournament with an aim to improving achievements, testing, and evaluating weightlifter’s organization and training in provinces, cities, and industries nationwide as well as discovering and developing the weightlifters who have the potential to join the national team.

According to the competition schedule, the teams will compete in the following contents: Men compete in 10 weight classes (from 55kg to over 109kg); women compete in 12 weight classes (from 45kg to over 87kg) from October 30 to November 3, 2023, at the Bac Ninh Provincial Multi-Purpose Stadium.

By P.H