Nooh Butt finishes seventh at Asian Weightlifting Championships 2019
Top weightlifter of Pakistan, Nooh Dastgir Butt finished at the seventh spot in the +109 kilogram weight category competitions at the Asian Weightlifting Championships which concluded successfully in Ningbo, China.
The Asian Weightlifting Championships are the best and biggest weightlifting competition of Asian Continent into the current year and is the first Asian qualification event, Gold Level, for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and there were participants from 28 countries and 415 delegates, officials and athletes, who came together in this championship.
The Pakistani bronze medalist of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Nooh Dastgir Butt, recorded a total of 395 KG (175 KG + 220 KG) to finish seventh out of ten competitors.
“It was not a good effort, I think, although Nooh met his personal best in snatch, he fell short of his personal best in clean and jerk,” said Amjad Amin Butt, Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF) Secretary.
However, he was quick to add that there was no state-sponsored camp and that was the main reason behind his failing performance. Despite the financial issues, Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF) sent two of its leading weightlifters in the Asian Weightlifting Championships.
Nooh attempted 180 KG in Snatch but failed to lift. He tried to lift 232 KG in Clean and Jerk in which his attempt went in vein. Ali Davoudi of Iran won the gold medal with a total of 432 KG, Chinese Taipei’s, Chen Shih-Chieh clinched the silver medal by lifting a total of 422 KG weight and Turkmenistan weightlifter, Hojamuhammet Toychyye settled for the bronze medal with 421 KG.
Whereas, India’s Gurdeep Singh finished ninth with a total of 375k KG. Talha Talib, another Pakistani in the competitions, had already finished eighth overall in the 67 KG category. Nooh and Talha were have returned home along with their coach, Ali Aslam who accompanied them on their journey to China for these championships.
