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The annual Malta Weightlifting National Championships took place on Sunday 18th November and brought together Malta’s best lifters from all age groups and weight categories. With several personal best lifts being made, and national records being broken, these national championships proved to be a successful one for the Maltese athletes. The 2018 female National Champions
Malta’s first ever representative at the IWF World Championships, Yazmin Zammit Stevens, finished in 5th place in her D group on the World Stage. The championships, organised in Ashgabat, brought together the worlds highest ranked lifters from 88 different countries from all around the world, which makes this championships the highest level competition in weightlifting.
Two Gold and one Bronze for Malta’s Weightlifting Team at the 210 Challenge Tournament this weekend in Switzerland. Shaun Ciantar, Tenishia Thornthon and Roberta Tabone, three of Malta’s relatively rookie weightlifters, had a stellar performance at the meet where they participated alongside athletes from France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Germany Monaco and San Marino. 13