The 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Manama, Bahrain, ended on Dec. 15, 2024. The competitors of the world’s greatest weightlifters showcased their immense energy and was landmarked by a bevy of world file performances throughout the boys’s and ladies’s fields, with solely six months till new weight categories take maintain in June 2025.
Amongst these elite performances was North Korea’s Won Ju Ri within the Males’s 67KG class, who set a staggering new clean & jerk world file of 190 kilograms en path to the general gold medal off a 336-kilogram whole. Gained Ju Ri’s victory-earning whole was 4 kilograms greater than silver medalist Pyol Pak, his fellow countryman.
The brand new clear & jerk world file will be seen within the video under, courtesy of the IWF’s Instagram web page:
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2024 IWF World Championships Outcomes — Males’s 67KG
The outcomes under are listed in kilograms as: snatch/clear & jerk — whole.
- Gained Ju Ri (PRK) — 146/190 — 336 | World Document Clear & Jerk
- Pyol Pak (PRK) — 150/182 — 332
- Yusuf Fehmi Genc (TUR) — 146/181 — 327
Gained Ju Ri’s new file eclipsed the earlier one he held, scored on the 2024 IWF World Cup in early April 2024 in Phuket, Thailand, by a single kilogram.
Upon approaching the barbell with a relaxed aura, Gained Ju Ri squatted down and screwed in his feet earlier than a pair bounces launched him into his open-mouth clear. His laid-back demeanor and luxury with the bar was on show as his bounciness continued whereas the bar sat upon his clavicle when he stood up.
His wrist wraps, knee sleeves, and lifting belt made him seem as a machine shifting by means of the motions as he wasted no time split-jerking the barbell overhead and entering into the ultimate place to recieve the down command from the pinnacle decide.
He darted off the stage with a roar of triumph and a swift punch to the air to exert his success.
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Featured picture: @iwfnet on Instagram