Games-Indonesian strongman sets weightlifting world record in Hangzhou

Indonesia’s Rahmat Abdullah reacts after winning in the men’s 73kg group A weightlifting competition during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on October 3, 2023. - AFP

HANGZHOU, China, Oct 3 (Reuters): Indonesia's star weightlifter Rahmat Erwin Abdullah set a world record in the men's 73kg clean and jerk of 201kg on his way to gold in the Asian Games on Tuesday, the latest weightlifting world record set in Hangzhou.

Multiple world champion and Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Abdullah looked calm and confident throughout the final and his record came in his last lift of the competition at a time when his gold medal was already guaranteed.