Lasha Talakhadze recently Snatched 220 kg and Clean & Jerked 264 kg to achieve a new world record total of 484 kg.
This took place at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand. He is a two time winner of the IWF Male Lifter of the Year
Watch all of his astonishing lifts in the highlights video below.
Egypt had previously been banned from competing at the 2019 World Championships due to doping offenses.
Lasha, from Georgia, lifted in the +109kg category.
| +109 kg () | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Lasha Talakhadze (GEO) |
220 kg WR |  Gor Minasyan (ARM) |
212 kg |  Walid Bidani (ALG) |
200 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Lasha Talakhadze (GEO) |
264 kg WR | Gor Minasyan (ARM) |
248 kg | Ruben Aleksanyan (ARM) |
245 kg |
| Total | Lasha Talakhadze (GEO) |
484 kg WR | Gor Minasyan (ARM) |
460 kg | Ruben Aleksanyan (ARM) |
437 kg |
MEDALS
Ranked by total result medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China |
10 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 |  North Korea |
2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Armenia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  United States |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Belarus |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Colombia |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Georgia |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Chinese Taipei |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Turkey |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Indonesia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Iran |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Cuba |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Qatar |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Russia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  Ecuador |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Philippines |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Romania |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Saudi Arabia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 nations) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |