From July 5 to 11, the World weightlifting championships for boys and girls under 17 took place in Cali, Colombia, where the Ukrainian national team fielded seven athletes.
Mykhailo Maliuk, a master of sports of Ukraine, an athlete of the Donetsk regional specialized professional sports college and the Regional specialized children’s and youth sports school of the olympic reserve in weightlifting, an athlete-instructor for the Donetsk regional reserve sports team for 2026, and a representative of the cities of Bilozerske and Bakhmut.
In the weight category up to 94 kg, Mykhailo won a silver medal in the snatch with a lift of 142 kg, placed eighth in the clean and jerk (160 kg), and finished fourth in the total (302 kg).
The athlete was trained by coaches Ihor Obukhov, Volodymyr Zhoha, and Ihor Obukhov (Jr.).