Georgian Weightlifter Wins Three Gold at World Championship in Italy

Prominent Georgian athlete Lasha Talakhadze (+109 kg) won the gold medal in the snatch of 200/210/215 kg at the World Weightlifting Championship in Italy.

He also claimed the gold medal in the Clean & Jerk competition of 235/245/255. 

Talakhadze finished with a 470 kilogram total and claimed first place.

The Georgian team won 11 medals in total at the tournament: Talakhadze - 3 gold medals, Anton Plesnoy - 3 gold medals, Shota Mishvelidze - 3 silver medals, Goga Chkheidze - 2 bronze medals.

Lasha Talakhadze is a Georgian weightlifter, Olympic Champion, four-time World Champion, and four-time European Champion competing in the super-heavyweight category (105 kg + until 2018 and 109 kg + starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories). He is a two-time winner of the IWF Male Lifter of the Year and the current world record holder in both the snatch (220kg) and the clean and jerk (264kg).

By Ana Dumbadze