Turkmenistan’s Anamjan Rustamova took fifth place in the under-86 kg weight category at the World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo, China.

Rustamova lifted 118 kg in the snatch and 146 kg in the clean and jerk, for a total of 264 kg. She finished 2 kg shy of a bronze medal. First place went to Liao Guifang of China (291 kg; 128 kg + 163 kg), second to Alina Marushchak of Bahrain (272 kg; 123 kg + 149 kg), and third to Yudelina Mejía Peguero of the Dominican Republic (266 kg; 119 kg + 147 kg).

For 20-year-old Rustamova—a two-time junior world champion and three-time junior Asian champion—these results marked personal bests in the snatch and in the total.

The World Championships in Ningbo took place from October 27 to November 8. Turkmenistan was represented at the tournament by ten athletes. The only medal was won by Shakhzadbek Matyakubov, who took bronze in the under-110 kg weight category. He recorded a total of 417 kg (187 kg in the snatch and 230 kg in the clean and jerk).

16-year-old Turkmen weightlifter Shabnam Kerimbayeva set two youth world records. Competing in the under-57 kg weight category, she achieved record-breaking results for the 13–17 age group in the snatch (89 kg) and the total (201 kg). In the clean and jerk, she lifted 112 kg, matching the existing youth world record. She finished in fifth place overall.

Also, 18-year-old Turkmen weightlifter Didarbek Jumabayev set new junior world records in the weight category up to 75 kg. In the snatch he lifted 152 kg, in the clean and jerk - 188 kg, and in the double event he showed a result of 340 kg. According to the results of the competition, Jumabayev took seventh place.