MATTHEW Assing picked up bronze last weekend at the just concluded Manuel Suarez weightlifting championship in Havana, Cuba.
Assing, Guyana’s lone representative, participating in the 69kg class, was able to capture three bronze medals with a total of 170kg, snatching 80kg and jerking 90kg, with Cuba’s Felix Ugarte in first place and Panama’s Abdiel Batista in second place.

Assing was one of three lifters who were selected by the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association to attend the championship. However, due to the lack of funds the other two athletes Jonathan Ford and Krystal Chandraban were unable to attend.
The association is very happy to have had the opportunity to participate and score a bit of success.

The GAWA would like to thank the Friendship Oxygen Co. and the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) for their financial assistance, which contributed to the process.
Next on the Association’s agenda is the World Masters Games scheduled for Auckland, New Zealand from April 20 to 30, 2017.