Kazakhstan's Yessenkeldi Sapi produced some outstanding lifting to easily claim the men’s 81 kilograms overall gold medal at the IWF Youth World Championships in Las Vegas ©IWF/Facebook

Kazakhstan's Yessenkeldi Sapi produced some outstanding lifting to easily claim the men's 81 kilograms overall gold medal at the International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championships in Las Vegas.

Sapi did not miss a single attempt on his way to amassing a total of 299kg at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino.

The United States' Dade Lawson Stanley finished second with 288kg, while Peru's Amel Karim Atencia Priou, bronze medallist at the 2018 Pan American Youth Championships, came third with 274kg.

In the men's 73kg event, the gold medal went to Bulgaria's Karlos May Hasan Nasar with a total of 291kg.

Uzbekistan's Asadbek Narimanov, the 2018 Asian Youth Championships bronze medallist, had to settle for silver with 287kg.

This was despite taking a 3kg advantage over Nasar into the clean and jerk, managing 133kg to the Bulgarian's 130kg in the snatch.

Both successfully lifted 154kg in the clean and jerk and proceeded to attempt 161kg, which proved to be too much for Narimanov.

Considerably behind the other two, Greece's Amagiak Misakian finished third with 272kg.

The one women's event held today came at 59kg and saw Egypt's Neama Said Fahmi Said win the snatch and clean and jerk gold medals on her way to registering an unrivalled total of 195kg.

It comes around five months after she secured 58kg silver at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

Mexico's Daphne Guillén Vázquez edged compatriot Mariana Garcia Gómez in the battle for the silver medal.

Both had a final result of 188kg, but Guillén Vázquez was first to successfully reach the mark and clinched second place.

Competition in Las Vegas is due to continue tomorrow.

Medals will be awarded in the men's 89kg category as well as the women's 64kg and 71kg divisions.