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‘Pakistan rooting for you’: Talha Talib garners praise on twitter after Olympic Debut
Gujranwala: Talha Talib, first-ever Pakistani weightlifter to make the cut for the Olympics since 1976 took part in the 67kg category finished fifth.
The 21-year-old lifter hailing from Gujranwala, held the gold medal spot until the final round and finished on the fifth spot as China’s Lijun Chen, Colombia’ Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano, and Italy’s Mirko Zani captured gold, silver and bronze respectively.
Talib’s lift of 151kg in the Snatch category was the second-best of the round. However, he failed in his first Clean and Jerk attempt of 166kg and even though he was successful for the same weight in his next attempt and also cleared 170kg.
But unfortunately, his combined total of 320 Kg was surpassed by others contestants.
Despite an obvious lack of resources, Twitterati showered him with praises and his name became the top Pakistani trend on the platform.