KUALA LUMPUR – Budding national weightlifter Mohamad Aniq Kasdan has qualified for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in the men’s 55 kilogramme (kg) category.
He achieved this by breaking the national record at the Commonwealth Games qualifier in Uzbekistan yesterday.
Malaysian Weightlifting Federation (PABM) president, Datuk Ayub Rahmat who confirmed this said that the 19-year-old “badang” (a legendary Malay strongman) lifted a combined weight of 249 kg, after lifting 107 kg in the snatch category and 142kg in the clean and jerk at the championship held together with the World Weightlifting Championships 2021.
The achievement saw Mohamad Aniq taking home the gold in qualifier and silver in the clean and jerk and was in the fifth overall position in the world championships.
His overall lifted weight also broke the 248 kg national record held by Muhammad Azroy Hazalwafie at the Asian Championships 2019 in China.
“Presently, Malaysia is ranked first for the Commonwealth Games qualifier for the 55kg category and this is Malaysia’s best performance in the history of the World Weightlifting Championships because we won a medal,” he said in a statement today.
Aniq who hails from Segamat in Johor before this created history when he won three gold medals at the Indonesia International Weightlifting Championships 2019.
He broke two national records on his way to winning the golds.
Meanwhile. Ayub Rahmat said 2018 Commonwealth Games gold winner Muhamad Aznil Bidin will compete in the men’s 61kg category tomorrow while Muhammad Erry Hidayat will compete in the 73kg category on Friday.
