Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Tashkent will host the World Junior Weightlifting Championship in 2021. This decision was made at a meeting of the executive committee of the International Federation of Weightlifting in Las Vegas.

According to the NOC press service of Uzbekistan, the World Junior Weightlifting Championship in Tashkent will be held in April 2021.

“This competition will be of particular importance, as the winners will not only win world championship awards, but also trips to the next IV Youth Olympic Games. Colleagues from different national federations, in conversations with us, placed particular emphasis on this aspect. Last year, our country successfully held the continental youth championship in Urgench and the youth world championship in Tashkent. We will do our best to justify the confidence of the world weightlifting community. We will also try to prepare an efficient team for a successful performance at the home world championship,” Shakhrillo Makhmudov, first deputy chair of the weightlifting federation of Uzbekistan, member of the executive committee of the International Weightlifting Federation, said.