>>Tairat Bunsuk and Rattanawan Wamalun added three more medals to Thailand's tally at the World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, United States, on Friday. Tairat claimed two silvers from the men's 69kg snatch and total categories while Rattanawan got silver from the women's 63kg clean and jerk event. Rattanawan, who finished fifth in the snatch category with 98kg, successfully lifted 127kg in her third attempt to claim the clean and jerk silver medal. European champion Loredana Toma swept all three golds in the division with 109kg, 128kg and 237kg in snatch, clean and jerk and total weight respectively. In the men's 69kg category, Tairat made three lifts at 142, 145 and 147 to take the silver in snatch.

Source: Bangkok Post December 02, 2017 23:37 UTC