TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Iran's 59kg weightlifter won a bronze medal for the Iran team in the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Saudi Arabia.

The Iranian weightlifter Ghazalleh Hosseini won a bronze medal at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Saudi Arabia.

This is the first that Iranian girls win a medal in the Junior World Weightlifting Championships.

The Junior World Weightlifting Championships started on October 5 and will continue until October 12.

Alireza Abbaspour, the representative of Iran in the 81kg category, won the first medal and the first gold of the team.

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