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By Brian Oliver at Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro What a remarkable end to 10 days of great weightlifting at the Rio Olympics. Riocentro showcased the outstanding performance by 22-year-old winner Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia. Talakhadze broke Salimi’s snatch world record in the first section of the competition when he lifted 215kg. Salimi took it straight back […]
By Brian Oliver at Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro Ruslan Nurudinov put a smile on the face of his sport when he won the men’s 105kg and gave Uzbekistan their first Olympic weightlifting medal of any colour. Every time he lifts, the shaven-headed Nurudinov smiles. “It helps to fight the stress,” he said. He also lolls […]
By Brian Oliver at Riocentreo, Rio de Janeiro The United States won their first weightlifting medal in 16 years when Sarah Robles finished third in the final women’s event of Rio 2015, the +75kg. In that same time span China have won 38 medals, 28 of them gold. They have finished top of the weightlifting […]
By Brian Oliver at Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro The men’s 94kg featured a vegan who finished 11th, a man wearing a hat for perhaps the first time in Olympic weightlifting, and a flying somersault from a Lithuanian bronze medallist. The glory, though, went to Iran, who won their second gold medal in two days. Sohrab […]