TEHRAN – Abolfazl Zare and Arya Paydar of Iran snatched two silver medals at the 2023 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.

Zare won the silver in the men’s 102kg category by lifting 166kg in snatch and 199kg in clean and jerk for a total of 365kg.

Armenia’s Garik Karapetyan won the gold medal with 378kg and Georgia’s Gurami Vekua bagged the bronze with 358kg.

Paydar also won a silver medal in the men’s 109kg category. He lifted 168kg in snatch and 205kg in clean and jerk and finished in second place with a total of 373kg.

Mykyta Rubanovskyi from Poland won the gold medal with 374kg and bronze medal went to Georgia’s Giorgi Kirvalidze with 364kg.

Alireza Nasiri of Iran had claimed a gold medal in the 96kg weight class after lifting a total of 371kg (166+205) in the championships.