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From 2014 to 2015 with the Asian Arab Junior-Youth Championships

The last event of the year 2014 is at the same time the first event of 2015. Ending and starting the year lifting weights is surely fun for all participants of the ongoing Asian Arab Junior-Youth Weightlifting Championships.

Altogether 180 athletes from 23 countries came to compete at the Championships held in Doha, Qatar. The very successful competition is hosted by the Qatar Weightlifting Federation in conjunction with the Elections of the Asian Weightlifting Federation to be held on 6 January 2015.

The competition is staged in an outstanding facility being the Marriott Hotel. With 2 more days to go, countries such as Algeria, China, Egypt, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates etc. already stood on the first place of the podium.