JOHOR BAHRU, Sept 4 -- National junior weightlifter Muhammad Aniq Kasdan broke two national records when he won three gold medals at the Indonesia International Weightlifting Championship 2019 recently.
The 17-year-old teenager, fondly known as Badang Johor, defeated opponents from the host country in the snatch, and clean and jerk categories.
Muhammad Aniq bagged gold for the clean and jerk event with a lift of 138 kg, smashing the national record of 137 kg held by Muhammad Azroy Hazalwafie Izhar Ahmad in the men’s 55 kg category.
For the snatch category, Muhammad Aniq lifted a total of 241 kg to win gold.
At the same time, Muhammad Aniq also broke the junior national record held by Muhammad Syahmi in the same 207 kg event which was set at the National Junior and Senior Weightlifting Championships in Sabah last year.
Overall the Malaysian team of four national coaches and two Johorean athletes bagged 12 gold, three silver and one bronze medals at the Championship.
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