At the World Weightlifting Championships held in Manama (Bahrain), Davranbek Hasanbayev brought Turkmenistan a small bronze medal in the snatch in the 102 kg weight category, lifting 182 kg. However, in the second exercise the clean and jerk Hasanbayev was unable to realize any of his three attempts and finished the competition with a zero score.
In this weight category, 24 weightlifters from 21 countries competed for awards. Marcos Ruiz from Spain won the bronze medal in the combined event with a result of 395 kg (183 + 212). Silver went to Ibrahim Elbah from Qatar 399 kg (174 + 225), and gold to Artem Antropov from Kazakhstan 400 kg (170 + 230).
The Turkmenistan team at the 2024 World Championships is represented by 8 athletes. Earlier, Bunyad Rashidov won a silver medal in the snatch in the 73 kg weight category.