ROME (ITALPRESS) – Italy climbs to the top of the world with Sergio Massidda, who graduated as Junior world champion in the 61 kg category. The blue hits a historic result for Italian weightlifting by winning the title for the third time in a row, after those won in 2019 (in 2020 the competitions were not repeated) in the Youth and Junior but in the 55 kg category. In Tashkent, in Uzbekistan, Massidda is the last to get on the platform in the tear after the Kazakh Drozdov who stops at 128 kg; the Sardinian of the CS Army in his first test raises the stakes by lifting 129 kg. The two remaining attempts were void at 133 kg. In the momentum then the fight is consumed once again with the Kazakh who, however, does not stand head to head with the blue who, having entered the race at 154, improves to 156, a measure that the opponent cannot overcome, remaining at the his 154. For Massidda, therefore, a total of 285, silver for Drozdov with 282 kg, bronze for the Russian Mkhitarian with 265 kg. The other blue in the race, Davide Ruiu, on the other hand, conquers the bronze in momentum with 153 kg, after the three null tests. “It was a very hard-fought World Championship – says Massidda – much more than the one won in Fiji. It was very exciting to win a World Championship in this way, especially after the change of category and wearing three gold medals. time to compete side by side with my teammate Davide Ruiu, I was sorry not to be able to get on the podium with him “. “Sergio got on the platform determined to put everyone behind him – says the satisfied director Sebastiano Corbu – It is a great satisfaction also because it is the third World Championship that he wins consecutively, a World Championship of a completely different kind, but compared to the previous ones, in which he competed in the 55 kg category while in 61 the competition is different, it is much more difficult. Having confirmed himself was challenging but it was important to do so. A great result also considering that Sergio still has another year to compete among the Juniors being a 2002. I there is room for growth “. (ITALPRESS). mc / com 24-May-21 20:13
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