China sweeps weightlifting worlds with multiple records

Lyu maintained his advantage in clean and jerk as the athlete set a new world record of 207kg at the third attempt. Li won the silver with one kilogram less than Lyu while Yunder Nedim Beytula of Bulgaria took the bronze on 201kg.

With smashing advantages, Lyu won the gold medal with the total in the men's 81kg division on 378kg and Li took the silver with 377kg, both breaking Li's former world record of 375kg. The home of the bronze was revised by the referees to go to Colombia's Brayan Santiago Rodallegas Carvajal on 363kg in total.