Fares Ibrahim wins Qatar’s first Olympic gold medal
Tokyo: Qatar’s Fares Ibrahim made history winning the country’s first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting competitions on Saturday. Fares Ibrahim put up 177kg in the snatch before sliding into the clean and jerk and setting an Olympic record in that lift with a weight of 225kg. Venezuela’s Keydomar Vallenilla Sanchez took the silver medal while Georgia’s Anton Pliesnoi