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maltatoday SUNDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2017 Sport 50 LAST Sunday the Malta Weight- lifting Association organised the third ranking and qualifiers competition for this year at the Cottonera Sport Complex. Despite the summer months usually being an off season period for most athletes, many lifters showed they have not been taking any breaks with numerous records being broken and personal bests achieved. The cadets were the first group to take the platform with an ex- cellent performance from all of Malta's youngest lifters. Rylee Borg finished in first with 139 points followed by Kyle Camilleri (135 points) and Nikolai Muscat (90 points). 12-year-old Tenishia Thornton finished first with a great result achieved in the cadets rankings with (109 points). Many cadet records were broken at the event. In the women category, youth athlete Shelby Vassallo had a great showing lifting the total weights of 116kg and set 12 national re- cords in the 69kg Category both in youth and junior categories. Elisia Scicluna showed she is back in her best shape after suffering an inju- ry and undergoing surgery a few months ago. She lifted a total of 159kg, equalling her pre-surgery best, and also set a new national record in Snatch in the process. Men youth lifter Shawn Incor- vaja lifted a total of 141kg, fol- lowed by Emerson Sultana 126kg and Tristan Zammit 110kg. Men's Juniors was dominated by Kieran Mifsud despite this competition being just a light training session as part of his preparation for the Common- wealth Games set to take place in 2018. He lifted a total of 275kg (299points), followed by Andy Grech on 206kg (252points) and Keith Azzopardi on 142kg (182points). In the men's category, Vlad Bal- dacchino showed huge improve- ment lifting an impressive 258 kg total in the 94kg category scor- ing 296 points. Matthew Camill- eri followed with a total of 240kg scoring 287points. Three ath- letes finished head to head, An- ton Micallef with 252.51 points, Andy Grech with 252.33 and Brian Muscat with 251.59. This was last competition for the selections of athletes who will compete in international competitions between October and November, the European Juniors in Albania, the Mediter- ranean Cup in Slovenia and the Mihailovic International tourna- ment in Serbia. YOUR FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY www.maltatoday.com.mt WEIGHTLIFTING Weightlifting competition sees many records broken Kieran Mifsud Kyle Camilleri Rylee Borg Shelby Vassallo Tenishia Thornton Vlad Baldacchino Elisia Scicluna