Egypt won three more titles at the African Weightlifting Championships
in Tunis, including both the men's and women's super-heavyweights, to
round off a week when their top athletes boosted their standings in
Olympic qualifying.
Egypt won three more titles at the African Weightlifting Championships
in Tunis, including both the men's and women's super-heavyweights, to
round off a week when their top athletes boosted their standings in
Olympic qualifying.
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Talakhadze breaks weightlifting records; Syria wins medal Today 02:49 am JST Today | 07:49 am JST TOKYO
Lasha Talakhadze pumped everyone up with three world records on the final day of Olympic competition in weightlifting.
The defending champion from Georgia lifted 223 kilograms in the snatch and 265kg in the clean and jerk for a total 488kg on Wednesday. All three figures broke his own world records in the over-109kg men’s superheavyweight category.
Ali Davoudi of Iran was left in second place by the vast margin of 47kg.
Even Talakhadze’s starting lifts were more than anyone else attempted, which meant he had to lift three times back-to-back in each half of the competition.
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