JAKARTA Indonesia's flagship lifter, Rizki Juniansyah, received one silver medal and one bronze medal from the 2024 Weightlifting World Championships in Bahrain.
The 2024 World Weightlifting Championship or IWF World Championship will take place in Manama, Bahrain. Rizki received information about winning a medal while taking a break at the hotel on Monday, December 9, 2024.
"I can't believe it. I was sleeping in the hotel when the coach called and told me I won a medal," Rizki was quoted as saying on the IWF website.
Rizki returned to the hotel after finishing the men's 73 kilograms class Group B match. He returned home with a total lift of 340 kilograms (150 kilograms of snatch and 190 kilograms of clean & jerk).
The gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics brought home silver from a total force of 340 kilograms and bronze medals from a clean & jerk weighing 190 kilograms.
The 21-year-old lifter actually had the opportunity to bring home a gold medal from this event if he had not failed with an batch of 160 kilograms on the third try of the snatch.
He also failed at the last trial on clean & jerk with a 200 kilogram lift. In this category, he started with 180 kilograms and the first and 190 kilograms trials in the second experiment.
This result is considered more than satisfactory. The reason is, Rizki only underwent brief preparations after a hiatus from training for two months due to his father's death.
"I had time to rest from training after the Olympics, and in October 2024 I lost my father to a motorcycle accident. It was a difficult preparation," he said.
Rizki plans to prepare himself for the 79 kilograms class when appearing at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. His colleague Rahmat Erwin Abdullah will compete in the 88 kilograms class.
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