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Boyana Kostadinova wins gold and bronze at the World Weightlifting Championships in Lima

published on 5/2/25 5:48 PM

Boyana Kostadinova

Photo: wfbulgaria.com

On the first day of the World Junior, Women's and Youth Weightlifting Championships in Lima, Boyana Kostadinova won two medals.

She won bronze in the girls' 49 kg - U-17 category with a total of 164 kg. Kostadinova secured gold in the snatch with a lift of 75 kg, but finished fourth in the clean and jerk with 89 kg.

In the same category, but for the under-20 girls, the 17-year-old Kostadinova placed fifth in the snatch and eighth in the clean and jerk to finish fifth overall.

In the men's U-20 category Dzhan Zarkov finished sixth with a total of 241 kg. He was seventh with 106 kg in the snatch and fifth with 135 kg in the clean and jerk.

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