KARACHI: Pakistan’s promising 21-year old weightlifter Talha Talib has grabbed a bronze medal at the Asian Championship in Tashkent in the 67kg event.
As per details, the weightlifting star got the bronze medal for the best total in snatch that was 148kg on Monday. He also broke the national record for Pakistan along with bettering his personal best.
Talha finished fourth in the overall rankings with 315kg as the total weight lifted, while his clean and jerk was 167kg along with the snatch result.
The Pakistani athlete had been looking for the Olympic Games qualification through the event, but he missed out on the top two positions in overall results.
The event had nine athletes and Talha did his best, while also training on his own throughout the pandemic in the past few months. However, he faced tough competition from China that took gold and silver.
Earlier, Talha Talib from Gujranwala had won the first medal for Pakistan in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Australia’s Gold Coast in April 2018.
Talib, competing in the 62kg category, lifted a total of 283kg to claim the bronze medal in the 21st Commonwealth Games. He also created a Commonwealth Games record by lifting 132kg in the snatch event.
Malaysia’s Muhamad Aznl Bidin grabbed a gold medal while Papua New Guinea’s More Baru won the silver medal in the category.
