Weightlifter Talha Talib has completed fifth in the 67 kilograms weightlifting competition of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Talha Talib is a Pakistani weightlifter. He had contested at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal in the 62 kilogram category, lifting a total of 283 kilogram at the age of 18.
He was born in Gujranwala. He is the Pakistani national champion in the 62 kilogram category. He has also won a silver at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia in Samoa.
The athlete is 21-year-old and was just two points behind gaining an Olympic medal for Pakistan in Tokyo Olympics 2020 after 29 years. He is a Fresh and dynamic weightlifter and enlarged the fifth position in the 67 kilogram category. He has hardly missed out on winning an Olympic medal for Pakistan.
Talha has finished fifth in the 67kilogram category with an astonishing lifting of 320 kilogram of weight. Talha completed his first appearance at the Olympics, previously earned a gold medal for Pakistan in the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Championships in Penang, Malaysia.
Even though having no professional training, Talha has been committed to the local gyms and made Pakistan proud by his enormous hard work and dedication.
In the snatch round, Talib completed second on the table after lifting 150 weight. Despite failing in the first attempt, Talha still accomplished to lift 170 KILOGRAM weight in the third attempt.
China athlete Chen Lijun has attained the gold medal with joint weightlifting of 332 kilogram. Columbia’s Mosquera Lozano Luis Javier and Italy’s Zanni Mirko completed on the second and third spot after lifting weights of 331 and 322 kilogram
Talha was just two points behind in securing an Olympic medal for Pakistan after 29 years. He has completed with a total of 320 points when he broke his national record lifting 150kilogram in snatch while lifting 170 kilogram in clean and jerk.
Pakistan’s premier weightlifter Talha Talib did a magnificent profession but remain unsuccessful at quality at the victory podium in the 67 kilograms competitions in connection with the Tokyo Olympics 2020 on Sunday.
According to the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA),
“Talha has clinched medals in Commonwealth, bronze, South Asian Games, gold and International Solidarity Weightlifting Championship gold.”
Talha’s snatch of 150 turned out to be the second-best in the competition in 67kilogram even though he continued to seventh in clean and jerk, the area in which he has been weak.
Talha was highlighted in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 at the International Olympic Committee (OIC) Invitation Place.
The former Pakistan Weightlifting Federation’s official Rashid Malik said,
“It was a splendid effort by Talha. I have not seen in my life any Pakistani weightlifter offering such a fantastic fight at such a major stage. I had already told you that he would need to reach 172 or 173 in clean and jerk and Talha lagged behind the others. But I salute Talha for the superb effort in Tokyo Olympics 2020. Imagine how much resources would have been utilized by those weightlifters who won medals in the 67 kilogram category.”
He further added,
“Look Talha was trained by his father in Gujranwala with insufficient resources. Had he been sent to Tokyo 15 days ahead of the Olympics he could have finished at the victory podium. He could produce 173 in clean and jerk. But I would say that his performance at such a grand stage has shown that he is capable of progressing further.”
Furthermore,
“The next year is loaded with major events and the PWF should send him to Iran, Uzbekistan, or Russia along with a coach and I am sure he will lift medals in future major events. His gold in the Commonwealth Games is now confirmed. But he will have to focus also on clean and jerk and should improve in the area. You saw today the others did well in that zone which paid dividends for them.”
Talha pulled off his career-best in both snatch and clean and jerk to finish overall fifth in an absorbing Tokyo Olympics 2020 and he elevated 150 in snatch and 170 in clean and jerk and finished with a total of 320. He had also given this total in his entry.
He has completed two kilograms behind the bronze medalist Zaani Mirko of Italy who finished with a total of 322kilogram and 145 kilogram snatch and 174kilogram clean and jerk. Talha lifted 144, 147, and 150 in Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Sources
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