2018 Asian Youth & Junior Championships Highlights

Meanwhile in Urgench, Uzbekistan…

I have spent the last 12 days shooting the 2018 Asian Youth & Junior Championships for @hookgrip.

Below are some of the highlights.

Fares “Meso Hassona” Elbakh (94kg, Qatar) clean and jerking 221kg (PR)!

19 year-old @mesohassona (94kg, Qatar) with a PR 221kg/487lb clean and jerk at the 2018 Asian Juniors earlier today in Uzbekistan! He also snatched 168kg and he’ll be back in Uzbekistan in July for his final Junior Worlds.

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6 days out he clean and jerked 218kg, which was a training PR for him.

19 year-old @mesohassona (94kg, Qatar) doing a training PR clean and jerk of 218kg/481lb at the 2018 Asian Juniors training hall! He won the silver medal in the C&J at Worlds with a PR 220kg so this is close to his all-time PR. He’ll be competing on Sunday at 4pm local time which is 7am EDT and the IWF is streaming the event in 8k on their YouTube channel.

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18 year-old Fang Wan Ling (48kg, Taiwan) snatching 82kg with an impressive save!

18 year-old @fwl_1201 (48kg, @hkgrptaipei) snatching 82kg/181lb at the 2018 Asian Juniors with some super impressive depth and determination! She went 82/102 to win easily, a huge improvement over her 68/83 from her most recent international meet at the 2017 Junior Worlds. This performance in Uzbekistan makes her the favorite to win Junior Worlds this coming July.

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14 year-old Kim Il Gyong (58kg, North Korea) clean and jerking 117kg! This was her second attempt. She missed the jerk on 121kg.

14 year-old Kim Il Gyong (58kg, @hkgrpdprk ??) clean and jerking 117kg/258lb at the 2018 Asian Youth/Juniors in Urgench! She improved by 10kg in each lift (81/107 to 91/117) since the 2017 Youth Worlds a bit over a year ago while also moving up from 53 to 58. She looks to be a strong medal contender later this year at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.

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14 year-old Do Tu Tung (50kg, Vietnam) clean and jerking 128kg/282lb to set a new Youth World Record!

14 year-old Do Tu Tung (50kg, @hkgrpvietnam) clean and jerking 128kg/282lb to set a new Youth World Record at the 2018 Asian Youth Championship! This happened earlier today in Uzbekistan. Just one year ago at the 2017 Youth Worlds, he did 83/105 at the same 50kg bodyweight.

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