Weightlifter Talha Talib to represent Pakistan in Tokyo Olympics

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 05 Jan 2023

Karachi: Pakistani weightlifter Talha Talib has qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Talha Talib has qualified for the 67 kg category.

Pakistani weightlifter has qualified for the upcoming summer Olympics on an invitational quota.

This is the first time that he will be participating in the Olympic Games representing Pakistan.

Weightlifter Talha is four 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝟮0𝟭𝟳-𝟮𝟬), 𝗦𝗔𝗙 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 (𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵), 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 and 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴.

On April 20, the country’s promising weightlifter won a bronze medal in snatch in the Asian Weightlifting Championship in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent.

Talha, also the 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, lifted 148kg weight in snatch in the 67-kilogramme weight category to win bronze, his first medal in the Asian Championship.

The event was also a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The 2020 Summer Olympic Games are scheduled to take place in the Japanese capital between 23 July and 8 August.

Thousands of athletes, officials and journalists from around the world will be travelling into Japan.

Japan recently lifted the state of emergency in Tokyo, which had been in place since late April.

The Paralympic Games are between 24 August and 5 September.

They were postponed last year because of Covid.

The Olympics will feature 33 sports at 339 events across 42 venues. The Paralympics will feature 22 sports at 539 events across 21 venues.

Most events will be in the Greater Tokyo area.

Some football games and the marathon are in Sapporo in Hokkaido, which has emergency Covid measures in place until 11 July.