19-year-old Surin native surfaces 8kg behind Indonesian gold medallist PUBLISHED : 9 Aug 2024 at 19: 30 UPDATED : 9 Aug 2024 at 21: 04 From left: Silver medallist Weeraphon Wichuma of Thailand, gold medallist Rizki Juniansyah of Indonesia and bronze medallist Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev of Bulgaria take a selfie on the podium in France on Thursday. (Photo: Reuters) PARIS – Weeraphon “Wave” Wichuma, a 19-year-old from Surin province, won silver in the guys’s 73-kilogramme weightlifting on Thursday at the Paris 2024 Olympics, endingupbeing the youngest professionalathlete in the classification. First-time Olympian Weeraphon raised a overall of 346kg to surface ahead of Bulgaria’s Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev, who declared the bronze medal with a 344kg overall at a vibrant South Paris Arena. Rizki Juniansyah of Indonesia protected gold with a
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