Olympic champ lifts 189kg to break 19-year-old world record
Iran's Olympic champion Sohrab Moradi broke weightlifting's longest standing world record in the men's 94kg class by lifting 189kg in snatch at Asiad 2018 on Saturday. Moradi beat the 188kg snatch world record set by Greece's Akakios Kakiasvilis in 1999. The 29-year-old set an Asiad record after lifting a total of 410kg following a clean and jerk of 221kg.