Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze wins Olympic gold at 2021 World Weightlifting Championship

Georgian super-heavyweight Lasha Talakhadze has won a gold medal at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championship held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Talakhadze set three world records today by lifting 225 kg (snatch), 267 kg (clean and jerk), combining a total of 492 kg.

This August, during Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Talakhadze lifted a combined total of 488kg, beating his own world record by three kilograms, after raising the world record 223 kg in the snatch and 265 in the clean and jerk.