Asian Games: Two weightlifting world records fall as China takes two gold medals
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Tuesday's Asian Games in Japan brought world record-breaking results in two weight classes in weightlifting.
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Nagoya (Japan), Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two world records fell in weightlifting at the 2026 Asian Games on Tuesday as China claimed two gold medals, with Uzbekistan and Iran taking the other two titles. Uzbekistan's Akbar... - Social News XYZ
Iranian weightlifter Ali Alipour, who is set to be Carlos Nassar's main rival at the upcoming World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo in late October, set a new world record in the men's 95kg category at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. The 22-year-old talent lifted a combined 398kg after 180kg in the clean and jerk and 218kg in the clean and jerk. Alipour also attempted a new world record in the clean and jerk of 183kg, but failed.
At the Asian Games in Japan, weightlifter Akbar Jourayev won a gold medal in the −110 kg weight category. The Uzbek athlete recorded a result of 197 kg in weightlifting, breaking the records of the world, Asian and Asian games. And in lifting the whistle, he set the record for the Asian Games with 226 kg.
He set a world record in the deadlift with 197 kg.
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