Strongmen from 197 countries will vie for a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics when the International Weightlifting Association brings its 2019 world championships to Pattaya in September.
The Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association is hosting the qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics and chose Pattaya’s Eastern National Indoor Sports Stadium as its venue after the city successfully hosted the 2011 and 2014 Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships.
The first planning meeting for the Sept. 18-27 meet, held earlier this month, covered safety, traffic, first aid, public relations and facilities.
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