Qatar's Faris Ibrahim Wins Best Lifter Award in Arab Weightlifting Championship

Erbil, January 02 (QNA) - The Arab Weightlifting Federation crowned Qatar's Olympic Gold medalist and champion Fares Ibrahim with the award for the best Arab weightlifter in a ceremony held in the Iraqi governorate of Erbil at the end of the Arab Weightlifting Championship hosted by Iraq with the participation of 140 male and female weightlifters representing 14 Arab countries. The coronation of the Qatari champion came after claiming three gold medals, a total of 361 kilograms beating all participants from other Arab countries. The Qatari champion presented a distinguished season that began with the Olympic gold medal in weightlifting at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the summer and a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships (IWF) in the Uzbek capital Tashkent in December after lifting a total of 394 kilograms. (QNA)