SportsNovember 15, 2026
Uzbek gold and Turkmen bronze on the 110 kg podium at the World Weightlifting Championships
Akbar Djuraev of Uzbekistan won three gold medals in the 110 kg class at the 2026 World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo, China. He lifted 198 kg in the snatch and 234 kg in the clean and jerk for a 432 kg total, and reports say both the snatch and total world records were improved.
Iran's Alireza Nasiri took silver with 418 kg. Bronze went to 22-year-old Shahzadbek Matyakubov of Turkmenistan, who snatched 187 kg and clean-jerked a personal best 230 kg for a 417 kg total.
According to the Turkmen government site, it is Matyakubov's first medal at an adult world championship, and he took bronze in both the clean and jerk and the total. Thirty lifters from 28 countries competed in the class.
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