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2017 Asian Weightlifting Championships
The 2017 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan between April 23 and April 29, 2017. It was the 47th men's and 28th women's championship. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk) Team ranking Men Women Participating nations 144 athletes from 27 nations competed. * (2) * (2) * (16) * (9) * (8) * (1) * (10) * (4) * (9) * (6)* * (2) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (5) * (1) * (3) * (3) * (9) * (1) * (3) * (2) * (7) * (15) * (5) * (10) * (7) * Athletes from Kuwait competed as ''Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF)'' due to the suspension of the country's Weightlifting Federation. References Results External links * {{Asian Weightlifting Championships Asian Weightlifting Championships 2017 in weightlifting, Asian Weightlifting Championships 2017 in Turkmenistani sport, Asian Weightlifting Championships International sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashgabat
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, near the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city was founded in 1881 on the basis of an Ahal Teke tribal village, and made the capital of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924. Much of the city was destroyed by the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake, but has since been extensively rebuilt under the rule of Saparmurat Niyazov's "White City" urban renewal project, resulting in monumental projects sheathed in costly white marble. The Soviet-era Karakum Canal runs through the city, carrying waters from the Amu Darya from east to west. Since 2019, the city has been recognized as having one of the highest costs of living in the world largely due to Turkmenistan's inflation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
