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- Saudi Arabia team also received second-placed prize for best lifting attempts
LONDON: Saudi weightlifters have won three medals at the World Masters Weightlifting Championship in Poland, which ends on Saturday.
Abbas Al-Qaisoum came away with a gold medal in the M40 96 kg category.
His teammate Abdullah Al-Shamrani claimed a second gold for Saudi team by securing first place in the M40 109+ kg category.
The third medal, a silver, was won by Ahmed Al-Mubarak in the M40 67 kg category.
The Saudi Arabia masters weightlifting team also received a second-placed prize for the best lifting attempts.
This year’s main weightlifting world championship will be held in Riyadh from Sept. 4-17 and serves as a mandatory qualification event for the Summer Olympics in Paris next year.