The 2012 best world weightlifter Kazakh Zulfiya Chinshanlo awarded in Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
TASHKENT. April 9. KAZINFORM -During the regular congress of the International Weightlifting Federation its president Tamas Ajan presented the award named Jeno Boskovic to the Kazakh weightlifter Zulfiya Chinshanlo, correspondent of Vesti.kz reports.
This trophy is awarded to the best weightlifters in the year-end. Laureates have been called by the fans all over the world, and the winners this year are Kazakh Chinshanlo and Iranian Behdad Salimikordashiabi. This was announced early February, but only now it has become possible to hand over the prizes to the athletes.
As part of the FIFA World Weightlifting Championship in Tashkent International Federation held its regular congress, and Zulfiya Chinshanlo was invited to it. In a solemn ceremony, in the presence of dozens of the delegates from around the world the awards have at last found their winners.
By the way, Salimikordashiabi, who bypassed in the voting Kazakh Ilya Ilyin was unable to arrive in Tashkent and the trophy was presented to the president of Iran Weightlifting Federation.
'It's nice to finally get this award in hand', said our Zulfiya. 'It's the first time I am in Tashkent, and I will stay here for a couple of days to cheer on our guys at the World Cup!'
We remind that in the capital of Uzbekistan, from 8 to 11 April there is the world championship in weightlifting among young people, including the athletes from Kazakhstan.