At the World Weightlifting Championships held in Manama (Bahrain), Davranbek Hasanbayev brought Turkmenistan a small bronze medal in the snatch in the 102 kg weight category, lifting 182 kg. However, in the second exercise – the clean and jerk – Hasanbayev was unable to realize any of his three attempts and finished the competition with a zero score.
In this weight category, 24 weightlifters from 21 countries competed for awards. Marcos Ruiz from Spain won the bronze medal in the combined event with a result of 395 kg (183 + 212). Silver went to Ibrahim Elbah from Qatar – 399 kg (174 + 225), and gold to Artem Antropov from Kazakhstan – 400 kg (170 + 230).
The Turkmenistan team at the 2024 World Championships is represented by 8 athletes. Earlier, Bunyad Rashidov won a silver medal in the snatch in the 73 kg weight category.
