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Teenager lifts 220kg in the jerk to stand out amid strong competition at 2017 World Championships in Anaheim
QNA
California
Qatari weightlifter Fares Hassouna came up with a strong show winning the silver medal in the 94kg category of the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, California, United States.
The 19-year-old Fares managed to lift 220kg in the jerk to finish fourth place amid strong competition.
In a statement to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Executive Manager of Qatar Weightlifting Federation Mubarak Zayed al Khayareen said, the silver achieved today is the first for Fares at the senior level and comes shortly after he won the World Junior Championships in Japan, adding to his 2016 Asian Championship title and seventh-place finish at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The Qatari mission to 2017 World Championships in Anaheim was headed by Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa al Thani and coach Ibrahim Hassouna.
He underlined the remarkable achievements of the Qatari sports in general and weightlifting in particular thanks to the strong support provided by Qatar Olympic Committee under the chairmanship of HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al Thani.
He also praised the services of Qatar Weightlifting Federation, headed by Mohammed Yousuf al Mana, which provides local and foreign training camps and ecourages particiption in all the regional, continental and international championships.
For Fares, weightlifting has always been a family affair. He took to the sport, thanks to his father and brothers who all have been weightlifters. However, he didn't take it seriously until he won gold in the first competition he ever competed in.
Remembering this first feeling of success and the realisation that this was a sport he wanted to dedicate his life to, he reflects,"It felt amazing and I was so excited to continue and work harder to achieve even more".
Fares' pathway to success has been carefully carved in close partnership with his father, who is also his coach and his inspiration."Ever since I was young, I dreamt of becoming a weightlifter like my father."
The two have a very special relationship that Fares attributes to his success."My father is always pushing me and he gives me the confidence.
He says,"'Fares, you can achieve whatever you want as long as you believe in yourself'. He understands everything about me I don't have to explain to him when I'm tired, he just knows what I need and we understand each other," he says.
Fares' focus will now shift to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics where his target is winning the gold."It will mean that my dreams have come true and make me prouder to have achieved something for Qatar," he says.
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05/12/2017
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