Aceituno wins gold and silver in the World Cup and approaches Paris 2024 – – 2024-05-11 04:16:14

Herbert Aceituno won the silver medal in the -59 kilogram category and the gold medal in total weight at the Pattaya 2024 Parapowerlifting World Cup, which takes place in Thailand and was a key competition in his qualifying route to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

The Salvadoran parathlete secured the silver medal with 187 kilograms on his third attempt and shared the podium with Iraq’s Mustafa Radhi, who lifted 205 kilograms, winning gold and setting a new record. The bronze went to Stanislav Shakiyev, from Kazakhstan, with 173 kilos.

Aceituno also won gold with a mark of 551 kilograms, which was the sum of his three valid attempts, surpassing in this fight the Thai Amorntep Pongsao, who achieved 485 kilograms, and Stanislav Shakiyev, from Kazakhstan, who closed with 344.

“I am happy to start 2024 on the right foot, the important thing was to be in the ranking and obtaining these two medals gives us the satisfaction that a good job has been done. The expectations that we had with Jorge López were met and we know that all the rivals are strong,” is how Herbert Aceituno summarized his first participation of the year.

In the -59 kilogram category, 10 para-athletes competed, from Kazakhstan, Algeria, Malaysia, Korea, Iraq, Solomon Islands and Thailand.

“I felt safe in the three attempts, everything we had been working on with Jorge happened and we met expectations; The two medals motivate us to keep going. We arrived in El Salvador on Sunday and on Monday we return to training for the World Cup and Parapan American Cup in Acapulco, Mexico,” explained the top Salvadoran parapowerlifting figure, who with this result will appear in the top 5 of the world ranking in the -59 kilogram category. .

In his first lift, Aceituno lifted 180 kilos, while the Iraqi had already registered 205. This is how the Salvadoran began the duel against Radhi for the gold medal.

For the second lift, Aceituno and his coach asked that the bar be loaded with 184, which was declared valid and he secured second place with 187 kg on his last attempt, which was also good.

For his part, Mustafa Radhi was left with 205 kilograms and the gold metal of the category since his two other attempts of 212 kilograms did not receive the approval of the judges. The Kazakh parathlete started with 171 kilos and managed to get on the podium with 173 kilos in his third lift.

“It was a very good competition for us, things went as we had talked about, the important thing was to score and the medals are a plus. We are already heading to Paris 2024 and next week we travel to Mexico and there we complete the qualification route,” said coach Jorge López.

With participation in the Pattaya 2024 World Cup, Aceituno and his coach Jorge López take another firm step towards Paris.

The best eight athletes in the qualifying ranking of each category will arrive at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and, before this competition, the Salvadoran parathlete was positioned in third place in the qualifying ranking with 193 kilograms.

The first place is occupied by the Iranian Mohsen Bakhtiar with 196 kilograms and in second place is the Chinese Qi Yongkai with 194.