The 2011 Asian Youth Weight Lifting Championships will be held from 5th to 12th September at the Pattaya Indoor Atheletic Stadium on Soi Chaiyapruk 2.
Some 476 strongmen and women representing 38 countries throughout Asia will attend the competition with host country Thailand sending 48 athletes to the event.
Bunphot Saengkaew, Secretary of the championships, sits alongside Somphot Yimiploy, Technological Manager at the meeting held at Pattaya City Hall, Thursday, August 25.
A press conference was held on August 25 at Pattaya City Hall to announce the tournament and was chaired by Bunphot Saengkaew, Secretary of the event, along with other organizers and public officials who outlined the extensive preparations required. Transport and accommodation has had to be arranged for the visiting athletes and modification work has also been carried out at the venue itself to enable the competition to run smoothly.
As part of the celebrations to mark His Majesty the King’s 84th birthday, special music and dance performances by local schools will take place during the opening and closing ceremonies.
