In the presence of Dr. Seyyed Manaf Hashemi, the NOC Secretary General, the 1st Weightlifting Talent Identification Festival ended with the finals and closing ceremonies for the boys and girls’ divisions in the Farsi Hall of the National Olympic Academy.
Iran NOC; Tehran: The closing
ceremony of the final of the 1st Weightlifting Talent Identification Festival was
held at the National Olympic Academy with the presence of Seyyed Manaf Hashemi,
Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee, officials from the
Ministry of Sports and the Weightlifting Federation, and a group of the
country's talent identification coaches. The selected candidates of the
weightlifting talent identification festival are scheduled to be invited
periodically to the national team camps in the basic age group. The preliminary
stage of this festival was held in 5 regions of the country for 4 months from
July to October, and a total of 250 male weightlifters and 150 female
weightlifters were evaluated in the preliminary stages of the plan. Ultimately,
30 people in the girls' section and 50 people in the boys' section participated
in the finals of the talent identification festival based on their performance.