Turkmen athlete Shahzadbek Matyakubov set a new world record in the clean and jerk in the 102 kg weight category at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Spain. This was reported by the press service of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

The 20-year-old weightlifter lifted a barbell weighing 216 kg, surpassing the previous record by 1 kg, which was also set at the World Championships by a representative of Brazil.

In the total of the biathlon (175 + 216), Matyakubov scored 391 kg, which brought him the gold medal of the junior world championship.

The second place was taken by the Brazilian athlete Mateus Pessanha with a result of 383 kg (168 + 215), and the third place went to the Egyptian Mahmoud Hosni with a result of 369 kg (169 + 200).

Earlier at this championship, Turkmen athlete Anamjan Rustamova won a bronze medal in the snatch in the 81 kg weight category.