114 athletes from 20 countries compete in the 5th International Solidarity Weightlifting Championship
114 athletes representing 20 countries will take part in the 5th ISSF International Solidarity Weightlifting Championship which will be organized in Cairo, Egypt on 8-14 December 2018.
Head of ISSF Technical Affairs, Mr. Ashraf S. DAHROUG said that the Championship will be held for 7 days, and will be a qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and will be held under the supervision of the International Weightlifting Federation and organized in cooperation with the Weightlifting Federation of Egypt under the umbrella of OIC (represented by the ISSF) and the following countries have taken part therein ( Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Libya , Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Madagascar, Tunisia, Russia, Kosovo, Thailand, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, UAE, Cameroon and Algeria.