Turkmen weightlifter Davranbek Hasanbayev won a license for the Olympic Games in Paris. He achieved this success at the World Weightlifting Cup in Phuket (Thailand), where he won a gold medal in the snatch in the weight category up to 102 kg.

In the double event, the Turkmen athlete showed the fifth result - 392 kg. In the snatch exercise, he held a barbell weighing 187 kg over his head and won a small gold medal, and in the clean and jerk, Davranbek showed a result of 205 kg.

“This is an amazing feeling, and not only for me, but for the whole team,” Hasanbayev commented on his success. He also praised the work of his coaches, thanks to whom his personal best improved by 19 kg.

– God willing, now I can win a medal in Paris. If I continue to train as I have for the last two months, I really believe in it,” the athlete concluded.