Teenage lifter wins berth at First Youth Olympic Games 2010

Published: 22/05/2009 05:00

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A Vietnamese weightlifter has won a berth at the First Youth Olympic Games 2010 in Singapore after grabbing three silvers in the 50kg category at the on-going First Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Thailand.

Thach Kim Tuan, hailed from Ho Chi Minh City, lifted a total 207kg, with 91kg in the snatch and 116kg in the clean and jerk; behind a lifter from China who lifted a total 213kg (93kg in the snatch and 120kg in the clean and jerk) and won three gold medals.

In the men’s 50kg category, there were competitors from 20 countries and territories.

The First Youth Olympic Games will take place in Singapore in August 2010.

Reported by Nghia Pham

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