The final lift of the 2019 World Championships in Pattaya Thailand once again made history, once again by Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia.
After snatching a 2 kg world record at 220 kg on his 3rd attempt, equalling the heaviest snatch of all-time held by himself, he went on to clean and jerk 264 kg, adding 4 kilos to his own world record clean and jerk and 6 kg to his all-time world record total, totaling 484 kg.
Lasha Talakhadze has now single-handedly moved the all-time World Record total from the mythical 475 kg, held by the great Leonid Taranenko, to 484 kg. Below is a list of the greatest ever totals.
1) 484 kg – Talakhadze
2) 478 kg – Talakhadze
3) 477 kg – Talakhadze
4) 475 kg – Taranenko
5) 474 kg – Talakhadze
6) 473.5 kg – Rezazadeh
7) 473 kg – Talakhadze
8) 472.5 kg – Kurlovich
9) 472.5 kg Rezazadeh
10) 472.5 kg Rezazadeh
