Qatar Wins First Olympic Gold, Fares Albakh Is The First Qatari Gold Medalist

Qatar Wins First Olympic Gold, Fares Albakh Is The First Qatari Gold Medalist
Qatar Wins First Olympic Gold, Fares Albakh Is The First Qatari Gold Medalist

Tokyo, 31 July 2021 (AlJazeera News)

Weightlifter Fares Elbakh shattered two Games records in Tokyo as he became Qatar’s first Olympic champion in history.

The 2019 world silver medalist dominated the men’s 96kg on Saturday, setting new marks for the clean and jerk (225kg) and total lift (402kg). “I’m very honoured to have won a gold medal during these Olympics,” said Elbakh, 23.

Keydomar Vallenilla took second for Venezuela with a total 387kg despite having his last lift ruled out for dropping the bar before he got the signal to do so.

Vallenilla lifted the same total as third-place Anton Pliesnoi of Georgia but was ranked above Pliesnoi because he made his best clean and jerk lift earlier in the competition.

/ Sports

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Comments (1)

  1. Haroon Qureshi – :

    Indeed it is a great achievement by Qatar winning Gold medal in Olympic games. My heartiest Congratulations to people of Qatar and hope more success in current games.

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