Lasha Talakhadze set a new world record

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27 September, 2019

On September 27, Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze won a gold medal at the World Championships. The multiple champion of the Olympics, world and Europe and the multiple world record holder used all three attempts in a snatch.

The Georgian weightlifter lifted first 208, and then 215 kilograms, having won a gold medal. Talakhadze also set a world record by raising 220 kilograms.

The second place was taken by the Armenian weightlifter Gor Minasyan (212 kilograms), the third - the Algerian weightlifter

(200 kilograms).

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