🏋️♂️ Indonesia’s Olympic champ Rizki Juniansyah made history at the IWF World Championships, setting a new clean & jerk world record of 204kg in the freshly minted 79kg class. Despite a shaky start, he still walked away with two gold medals and global bragging rights!
Quick run-down: in the snatch, lifters hoist the bar in one smooth move, while the clean & jerk splits it into two—first up to the shoulders (clean), then pushed overhead (jerk). 🔍
In the snatch, Juniansyah kicked off with a solid 157kg but missed his next two attempts, landing him third in that discipline behind the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Ri Chong Song (163kg) and Egypt’s Abdelrahman Younes (162kg). The Chinese mainland’s 17-year-old Ning Gan also posted 157kg, finishing fourth.
But the real fireworks came in the clean & jerk. After cruising through a 195kg opener, Juniansyah cranked up the heat with a jaw-dropping 204kg lift—eclipsing teammate Rahmat Erwin’s mark set just hours earlier! He opted out of a final attempt and sealed his overall victory with a 361kg total, edging Ri and Younes by a single kilo. 🎉
From Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur, fans are already buzzing about this epic flex. Whether you’re hitting the gym or just scrolling on your phone, Juniansyah’s performance is a reminder that big dreams and hard work can move mountains—or in this case, mega bars! 💪
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Juniansyah sets clean-and-jerk world record with 204kg at IWF worlds
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