Young weightlifters from Moldova won 11 medals at the World Cup in Peru

The Moldovan youth and junior national weightlifting teams won 4 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze medals at the U-17 and U-20 World Championships held in Lima (Peru), - reports Logos Press.

Newly crowned absolute world champion in weightlifting for athletes under 17 Danu Secrieru Photo © facebook.com

At the end of the competition two bronze medals were brought to the national team by Alexandrina Ciubotaru (weight category up to 76 kg) and Alexandru Balgi (up to 73 kg; see results in the table). Both athletes represented the youth national team (under 20 years old) at the World Championships.

Three gold medals (big and two small) out of four were won by 17-year-old Danu Secrieru. He competed for both youth and junior national teams of Moldova. Showing the same results as at the U-17 Championship, in the U-20 competition he was unable to compete with his older rivals and was not among the medalists. Dan Betka, who was also represented on both national teams, won a major silver, minor gold and minor bronze medal in the U-17 tournament. At the U-20 World Championships, he did not finish in the top ten.

The U-17 and U-20 World Weightlifting Championships were held in the Peruvian capital from April 30 to May 5. 257 weightlifters took part in the junior championships, 354 in the youth championships. Some athletes under the age of 17 competed in both tournaments.

Moldovan medalists of the World Weightlifting Championships U-17 and U-20 in Lima (Peru)
Athlete	Weight category	Jerk (kg)	Place	Push (kg)	Place	Final result
Girls
Nicoleta Cojocaru	up to 55 kg (U-17)	82	small silver medal	100	4	big bronze medal
Alexandrina Ciubotaru	up to 76 kg (U-20)	95	11	124	small bronze medal	219 kg (7)
Juniors
Danu Secrieru	up to 55 kg (U-17)	107	small gold medal	132	small gold medal	239 kg (big gold medal)
Danu Secrieru	up to 55 kg (U-20)	107	5	132	7	239 kg (7)
Dan Betka	up to 67 kg (U-17)	122	small gold medal	146	small bronze medal	268 kg. (big silver medal)
Dan Betka	up to 67 kg (U-20)	122	12	146	14	268 (12)
Ion Badanev	up to 61 kg (U-20)	120	5	150	small bronze medal	270 kg (4)
Alexander Balji	up to 73 kg (U-20)	144	4	172	small bronze medal	316 kg (4)