Indonesia’s Olympic champ Rizki Juniansyah made history at the IWF World Championships, smashing a world record with a 204kg clean & jerk in the brand-new 79kg class! 🏋️♂️🎉 Here’s how he turned early setbacks into gold glory.
He started strong in the snatch, locking in 157kg on his first try. But two misses on his next lifts left him third behind the DPRK’s Ri Chong Song (163kg) and Egypt’s Abdelrahman Younes (162kg). Meanwhile, the Chinese mainland’s 17-year-old Ning Gan matched 157kg but settled for fourth.
The real drama kicked in during the clean & jerk. After an opener at 195kg, Juniansyah dialed it up and blasted through 204kg—erasing a mark set just hours earlier by teammate Rahmat Erwin. 😱💪 He passed on his final lift and finished with a 361kg total, edging out both Ri and Younes by just 1kg (360kg each) for overall gold. Talk about a cliffhanger finish! 🎥
This epic performance cements Juniansyah’s status as one of weightlifting’s brightest stars and has fans buzzing across Asia and beyond. Stay tuned for more record-shattering moments from the IWF Worlds! 🌍🏋️♂️
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Juniansyah sets clean-and-jerk world record with 204kg at IWF worlds
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