The Men. He failed this lift, but at the third attempt, he went even higher, to 166kg. OM secured 155kg then proceeded to 163kg, which would have been a new World Record.
OM Yun Chol is World Champion for the fifth time! Om Yun Chol (55kg DPRK ) Clean and Jerks 166kg on his way to become 2019 world champion. Iran did not have a medal in the lightest men’s bodyweight category since legendary lifter in the 60’s, Mohammad Nassiri. This time, he performed a good lift and set the World Record not only in the Clean and Jerk but in Total as well, modifying the World Standard from 293kg to 294kg.Behind him in second place was Vietnamese NGUYEN Tran Anh Tuan with 120kg and bronze medallist SON Igor (KAZ) with the same result.Iranian GHASHGHAEI Hafez came in second in the Clean and Jerk with 149kg. Thanks to his 147kg Total result, he was third in Total too with 265kg, while SON Igor received the bronze medal in Total.To receive up-to-date information about the latest weightlifting issues, subscribe to our newsletter the SPO(r)TLIGHT available in English, Spanish and Russian.Copyright 2020 International Weightlifting FederationHandbook, Anti-doping, Education, Referees, Statistics etc. 2019 World Championships Part II. The bronze in this lift went to AL SALEEM Mansour Abdulrahim M (KSA). The London Olympic Gold and Rio Olympic Silver medallist North Korean lifter performed 128kg in the Snatch, gaining 8kg advance over his closest competitors. OM Yun Chol (PRK) 294 (535%); Son Igor (KAZ) 266 (484%); Al Saleem Mansaour (KSA) 265 (482%) Asterisk or no, Om results in this class were highlight of the entire competition. Andrew Charniga. He ended up winning the gold medal at the He held the previous one too with 162kg. He is also the fourth man to lift over 3 times bodyweight in the clean & jerk multiple times after succeeding in breaking the world record clean and jerk of 169 kg in the −56 kg weight class during the Asian Interclub Championships,He was also the sixth man to lift at least triple his bodyweight in the clean & jerk in international competition, having done so seven times;In 2014 he defended his title as World Champion by lifting 296 kg at the Following his World Championship win in 2014 he was the heavy favorite to win his third World championship in a row.
Om Yun-chol or Um Yoon-chul (Korean: 엄윤철; Korean pronunciation: [ʌ.mjun.tsʰʌl] or [jun.tsʰʌl]; born 18 November 1991) is a North Korean weightlifter, Olympic Champion, and five time World Champion competing in the 56 kg category until 2018 and 55 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. 55 kg. TRIPLE bodyweight and World Record!