Rejepbay Rejepov from Turkmenistan won a silver medal at the World Weightlifting Championship, which is held in Bogota (Colombia), in the weight category up to 81 kg.

On Saturday, Rejepov showed a result of 366 kg in the sum of two exercises (164 in the snatch and 202 in the clean and jerk). Li Daiying from PRC (372, 171+201) also won, the bronze was taken by the Korean Kim Woo Jae (357, 162-195).

Award become first for the Turkmen weightlifters at the tournament.

A 30-years-old weightlifter Rejepbay Rejepov 5 years ago had already became a silver winner of the World Championship but in the weight up to 77 kg. He possess with 2 medals of the Asian Championship (silver and bronze) and also took part in the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

As per the website “Turkmenistan: Golden Age”, on the Colombian platform, Rejepbay Rejepov showed the best result in his career, exceeding by 3 kg his two national records in the clean and jerk and the sum of the two-man event, which are now 202 and 366 kg, respectively. It is noteworthy that Turkmenistan's record in the snatch (166 kg), which was set at the

2018 World Championships in Ashgabat, also belongs to Rejepbay.

At the same time, few people know what physical and mental strength it cost R.Rejepov to return to the platform after undergoing surgery on the meniscus on May 18 this year. He started preparing for the 2022 World Cup on July 2 under the guidance of his personal trainer - Honored Coach of Turkmenistan Artur Emiryan. Rejepbay was preparing for the world Championship in Ashgabat without going to training camps. The athlete had a high goal – to climb the podium of the 2022 World Cup - and an experienced mentor was next to him.

And this led to success.

This is not the first great success of Artur Emiryan's pupils at major international competitions. Last year, under the guidance of this specialist, weightlifter Polina Guryeva won the first Olympic medal in the history of independent Turkmenistan at the Tokyo Olympics. She was awarded the silver medal in the weight category up to 59 kg, in which representatives of 14 countries fought for medals.