Georgian weightlifter Talakhadze becomes world champion, sets new world record
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Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze, 24, has won a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championships in the United States and set a new world record, improving his own record.
In the snatch he was able to complete 210, 215 and 220 kg lifts and in the clean and jerk - 243, 250 and 254 kg lifts.
His total score was 477 which is a new world record. With the achievement Talakhadze broke his own record that was 473 kg.
Talakhadze represented Georgia at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships finishing second with a total of 454 kg.
However, After Russian weightlifter Aleksey Lovchev failed a doping test, Talakhadze was promoted to first position.
At the 2016 Olympics Talakhadze completed a snatch of 215 kg (breaking the world record of 214 kg set by Iranian weightlifter Behdad Salimi (who then took the record back with 216 kg) and then completed a clean and jerk of 258 kg to set a new world record of 473 kg and win a gold medal.
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