Dominant Talakhadze breaks two world records on final day of weightlifting worlds
Xinhua,December 06, 2017 Adjust font size:
ANAHEIM, United States, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Reigning Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze broke the men's +105kg snatch and overall world records on his way to claiming a hat-trick of gold medals on the final day of the world weightlifting championships held in Anaheim, California on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old Georgian won the snatch with 220kg, adding 3kg to his previous best mark which he set in April.
He then managed 257kg with his last clean and jerk lift to register a world record total of 477kg, bettering the former world record of 473kg he registered in winning Olympic gold in the Rio Olympics last year.
Talakhadze, the 2015 world champion, has become the second man to win the men's +105kg overall world title one year after claiming the Olympic title. Iran's Hossein Reza Zadeh was the first in 2005.
The overall silver medalist was Iran's Saeid Alihosseini, who came third in the snatch with 203kg and the clean and jerk with 251kg for a total of 454kg.
Compatriot Behdad Salimikordasiabi rounded out the overall podium with 453kg. The London 2012 Olympic gold medalist finished second in the snatch with 211kg and fifth in the clean and jerk with 242kg. Enditem