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Iran’s Moradi breaks 94kg weightlifting world record
JAKARTA, Aug 25, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Sohrab Moradi of Iran broke
weightlifting’s longest standing world record in the men’s 94kg class at the
Asian Games on Saturday.
Moradi hoisted 189kg in the competition’s opening discipline to better the
snatch record set at 188kg in 1999 by Greece’s Akakios Kakiasvilis.
Moradi now has a complete set of world records. He already owned the marks
for the clean and jerk (233kg) and total weight (417kg) in the men’s light
heavyweight division.
BSS/AFP/MR/ 1419 hrs