Despite being the youngest athlete in her category, the 16-year-old took the overall crown with an impressive 214kg at the Uzbekistan Sport Complex.

Fayzullaeva finished third in the snatch on 94kg, registering the same as first-placed Esraa Elsayed Rashed Elsayed Ahmed of Egypt and Ghofrane Belkhir of Tunisia with the ranking determined by the order in which the good lift was performed.

While the snatch results were close, the clean and jerk saw Fayzullaeva, the 2018 Asian youth and junior world champion, manage to lift an unrivalled 120kg - 7kg more than second-placed Ahmed and 8kg more than Belkhir.

Ahmed, the 2014 African youth and junior champion and silver medallist at the 2015 IWF Junior World Championships, finished second overall with a total of 207kg.

Belkhir, this year’s African youth and junior champion, came third with 206kg.

In the men’s 77kg event, Latvia’s Ritvars Suharevs triumphed with a total of 336kg after winning the snatch with 156kg and clean and jerk with 180kg.

His victory comes a day after compatriot Rebeka Koha dominated the women’s 58kg title.

Iran’s Hossein Soltani was the overall runner-up with a total of 326kg having finished second in the snatch with 149kg and third in the clean and jerk with 177kg.

The 2018 Asian junior champion was followed in the standings by Armenia’s Rafik Harutyunyan, who finished fourth in the snatch with 145kg and second in the clean and jerk with 179kg for a total of 324kg.

Home favourite Gayrat Aytmuratov took the bronze medal in the snatch with 146kg.

A total of 246 athletes from 49 countries are competing at the 2018 IWF Junior World Championships, scheduled to continue tomorrow with the men’s 85kg and women’s 69kg categories.