Uzbekistan weightlifters booked three places for the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games

Kathmandu hosted the 2017 Asian Youth, Junior Men's, Women's Weightlifting Championships on July 21-29. The youth section saw lifters aged 13-17 and junior will include lifter from 15 to 20 years of age.

In the last day of the competition, Uzbekistan’s Aleksandr Li gained bronze medal as his compatriot Said Mukhtar Saidahrorov gained the fourth place.