Georgia’s Lasha Talakhadze breaks weightlifting world record

Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze has made history by snatching 217kg at the European Weightlifting Championships in Split, Croatia last night.

That is the most amount of weight any human being has ever snatched in a weight-lifting competition in recorded history.

Talakhadze broke the men's over-105 kilograms snatch world record on his way to retaining his continental title on the final day of the competition. 

The 23-year-old won the snatch with a lift of 217kg, besting Iranian Behdad Salimi's 216kg set at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and then won the clean and jerk with 250kg.

It gave the reigning Olympic and world champion an overall total of 467kg and a winning margin of 21kg.

Another Georgian athlete Irakli Turmanidze came third in the snatch with 201kg, but he did not contest the clean and jerk due to a leg injury.