The 2021 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from Dec. 7-17, 2021, and featured a bounty of world records. The story entering the contest was the withdrawal of the Chinese weightlifting team due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which opened the door of opportunity for several athletes to reach the top of the podium.
The highlights of the competition were the world records set by Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia, who furthered the all-time heaviest snatch, clean & jerk, and total in the +109-kilogram weight class. Additionally, Lesman Paredes Montaño of Colombia hit a new world record snatch at 96-kilograms en route to gold and 17-year-old Karlos Nasar broke five records with his all-time heaviest clean & jerk of 208 kilograms (458.5 pounds) at 81-kilograms. Check out the full results below.
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Men’s Division
Below are the full results for the men’s weight categories:
55KG
- Arli Chontey (Kazakhstan) — 260 kilograms
- Thada Somboon-uan (Thailand) — 256 kilograms
- Angel Rusev (Bulgaria) — 254 kilograms
61KG
- Shin Rok (South Korea) — 288 kilograms
- Shota Mishvelidze (Georgia) — 286 kilograms
- Seraj Al-Saleem (Saudi Arabia) — 282 kilograms
67KG
- Doston Yokubov (Uzbekistan) — 324 kilograms
- Francisco Mosquera (Colombia) — 316 kilograms
- Zulfat Garaev (Russian Weightlifting Federation) — 315 kilograms
73KG
- Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (Indonesia) — 343 kilograms
- Briken Calja (Albania) — 342 kilograms
- Suttipong Jeeram (Thailand) — 334 kilograms
81KG
- Karlos Nasar (Bulgaria) — 374 kilograms
- Mirmostafa Javadi (Iran) — 367 kilograms
- Marin Robu (Moldova) — 363 kilograms
89KG
- Yu Dong-ju (South Korea) —371 kilograms
- Sarvarbek Zafarjonov (Uzbekistan) — 371 kilograms
- Revaz Davitadze (Georgia) — 370 kilograms
96KG
- Lesman Paredes Montaño (Colombia) — 400 kilograms
- Fares El-Bakh (Qatar) — 394 kilograms
- Keydomar Vallenilla (Venezuela) — 391 kilograms
102KG
- Rasoul Motamedi (Iran) — 397 kilograms
- Jin Yun-seong (South Korea) — 396 kilograms
- Amir Hoghoughi (Iran) —388 kilograms
109KG
- Akbar Djuraev (Uzbekistan) — 433 kilograms
- Ruslan Nurudinov (Uzbekistan) — 421 kilograms
- Simon Martirosyan (Armenia) — 416 kilograms
+109KG
- Lasha Talakhadze (Georgia) — 492 kilograms | World Record
- Varazdat Lalayan (Armenia) — 457 kilograms
- Gor Minasyan (Armenia) — 448 kilograms
Women’s Division
Below are the full results for the women’s weight categories:
45KG
- Thunya Sukcharoen (Thailand) — 172 kilograms
- Manuela Berrio (Colombia) — 170 kilograms
- Şaziye Erdoğan (Turkey) — 169 kilograms
49KG
- Surodchana Khambao (Thailand) — 191 kilograms
- Rira Suzuki (Japan) — 179 kilograms
- Ibuki Takahashi (Japan) — 172 kilograms
55KG
- Ghofrane Belkhir (Tunisia) — 203 kilograms
- Adijat Olarinoye (Nigeria) — 203 kilograms
- Svitlana Samuliak (Ukraine) — 201 kilograms
59KG
- Kuo Hsing-chun (Chinese Taipei) — 230 kilograms
- Yenny Álvarez (Colombia) — 226 kilograms
- Olga Te (Russian Weightlifting Federation) — 218 kilograms
64KG
- Neama Said (Egypt) — 233 kilograms
- Chen Wen-huei (Chinese Taipei) — 232 kilograms
- Park Min-Kyung (South Korea) — 217 kilograms
71KG
- Meredith Alwine (USA) — 235 kilograms
- Sarah Davies (Great Britain) — 234 kilograms
- Patricia Strenius (Sweden) — 231 kilograms
76KG
- Lee Min-ji (South Korea) — 244 kilograms
- Mattie Rogers (USA) — 243 kilograms
- Iana Sotieva (Russian Weightlifting Federation) — 242 kilograms
81KG
- Alina Marushchak (Ukraine) — 248 kilograms
- Valeria Rivas (Colombia) — 239 kilograms
- Kim I-seul — 238 kilograms
87KG
- Mönkhjantsangiin Ankhtsetseg (Mongolia) — 250 kilograms
- Tursunoy Jabborova (Uzbekistan) — 244 kilograms
- Solfrid Koanda (Norway) — 244 kilograms
+87KG
- Son Young-hee (South Korea) — 282 kilograms
- Duangaksorn Chaidee (Thailand) — 281 kilograms
- Emily Campbell (Great Britain) — 278 kilograms
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