Lasha Talakhadze scoops three gold medals at Roma 2020 Weightlifting World Cup
Lasha Talakhadze photographed with podium-finishers of the 109+kg category in Rome. Photo via Georgian National Olympic Committee.
Tweet 
Share
Georgia's multiple world champion and record-breaking weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze left the Roma 2020 Weightlifting World Cup with three gold medals, sweeping the honours in the 109+ kg category a the competition that concluded on Friday.
The top-scoring athlete was first in both snatch and clean-and-jerk sections in the contest held at the PalaPellicone venue in the Italian capital.
In the former category Talakhadze was on top with 215 kilos, finishing ahead of Antoniy Savchuk of Russia (184kg) and Austria's Sargis Martiorsjan (181).
The Georgian followed with 255kg in clean-and-jerk, again ahead of Savchuk (228) and New Zealand's David Liti (215).
The combined result of 470 saw the four-time world title-winning weightlifter classified ahead of Savchuk with 412 and Israel's David Litvinov on 393.
Talakhadze boasts the world record in both categories with 220 and 264kg in snatch and clean-and-jerk respectively and a combined 484kg.
His result follows eight medals from other athletes competing in Rome under the Georgian flag. Three gold medals were added to team coffers courtesy of Anton Pliesnoi (96kg), with three silver medals from Shota Mishvelidze (61kg) and two bronze from Goga Chkheidze (67kg).
The World Cup event ran at the PalaPellicone between January 27-31.
Georgian top weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze, who is an Olympic champion and a four-time world and European champion, has won three gold medals at the Weightlifting IWF Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament 2019, has held in Turkey.
Georgia's weightlifting champion Lasha Talakhadze has earned his fourth global title and set new world records at the World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
Georgian weightlifter and Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze has made history by snatching 219kg at the Georgian championship yesterday. Talakhadze, 26, was competing in the +109 kg category in the Georgian Weightlifting Championship that was held in Tbilisi on August 15-17.
Georgian weightlifter and Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze has won three gold medals in the European Weightlifting Federation’s championship, which was held in Georgia’s seaside town of Batumi on April 6-13.
Record-breaking Georgian athlete Lasha Talakhadze has earned his third straight Best Male Lifter title in an International Weightlifting Federation poll, earning an "overwhelming" number of votes and taking the latest honour for his competitive performances.
Record-breaking Georgian athlete Lasha Talakhadze has won gold in the Georgian weightlifting championship by snatching 200, 210 and 217 kg in the 109+ kg category today. Talakhadze was the first with 250 kg in clean-and-jerk as well.
15-year-old Georgian weightlifter Mariam Murghvliani has won gold in the 81+ kg category at the European Junior Weightlifting Championship in Poland.
Georgia’s Shota Mishvelidze claimed three medals including a gold at the European Weightlifting Championships in Albania’s capital city of Tirana on Monday.