Weight lifting can be regarded as one of the oldest competitive sport with the elements of wrestling. As is known, the achievements in weight lifting do not require the presence of an opponent – athletes can compete with records. It was done so at the World Championships in Ashgabat. In 2018, 72 world records were registered in the capital of Turkmenistan.
The World Championships in Pattaya was notable for the fact that world records were set with enviable constancy from the beginning of the competition. Not only during the tournament, but also before it. before the start of the tournament, the IWF announced that more than 730 athletes from 105 countries will perform at it.
The time of sports records came on the fourth day of the tournament. An athlete from Taiwan Kuo Hsing-chun beat the world records in the snatch (140 kg) and clean and jerk (243) in the under 59-kg weight category up to 59 kg and won a gold medal in Thailand.
the current Olympic ca gold medal in the +109-kg weight category He broke three world records at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships: he lifted 220 kg in the snatch event, 264 kg in the clean and jerk event and the total – 484 kg.
The China team won 18 gold medals and ranked first in the medal table of the World Weightlifting Championships in Thailand. The huge portion of records was set the representatives of the Celestial Empire.
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