The Men's +109 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 4 August at the Tokyo International Forum.
Fernando Reis of Brazil was on the start list, but he was ejected from the Games after being suspended following a positive drug test for human growth hormone. He was replaced by David Litvinov from Israel. Meanwhile, Algeria's Walid Bidani tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to withdrawn from the event.
The event was won by Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze, who also set a new record and defending his gold medal. Iran and Syria brought home the silver and bronze medals through Ali Davoudi and Man Asaad, respectively. In group B, Hungarian Péter Nagy, Spanish Marcos Ruiz, American Caine Wilkes, Austrian Sargis Martirosjan, Israeli David Litvinov, and Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Yun-ting earn their place in total lifting.
Background The lifters from Rio 2016 - Talakhadze (gold medallist), Asaad, Bidani, Nagy, Reis, Czech's Jiří Orság and Turkmenistan's Hojamuhammet Toýçyýew - returns to participate in the event. They were split into two groups (A and B). Trained by 2004 Olympics champion in weightlifting, Giorgi Asanidze, Talakhadze aims to defend the gold medal he won at Rio.
In group A, during the snatch, New Zealand's David Liti, Orság and Netherlands' Enzo Kuworge were all well. On the second attempt, Liti and Orság passes while Kuworge fails, thus the Dutch would ending his snatch with just one lifting (175 kg). By the third attempt, the latter two also failed to pass, finishing with 178 kg and 180 kg, respectively. Toýçyýew could pass with just one lifting (184 kg) after the last two attempts were cancelled (first due to elbow movement and second to the Turkmen's inability to lift on the third attempt). Asaad, like the three aforementioned lifters on the earlier part, passed with two lifts and earns total (190 kg). His coaches had once handing challenge card to jury to challenging his no lift decision due to elbow press-out, which ultimately retained, earning him just two lifts. Davoudi and Talakhadze would eventually passing all attempts of snatch, and the trio leads up on the first section. Meanwhile, Bidani was tested positive for COVID-19 and withdraws from the event. Reis was named for the first attempt, but his participation was immediately removed after tested positive for human growth hormone, which was prohibited in any sports tournament, including the Olympics. He was later replaced with Litvinov and participated in group B. In that group, during the snatch, Nagy passes all attempts, leads up the group. He was followed by other lifters.
In the clean and jerk, Kuworge finishes the first and last attempts (225 kg and 234 kg), missed out on second attempt, earning him the total (409 kg). Liti and Toýçyýew's lifting totals were tied together (414 kg; missed one lift for the Kiwi (241 kg) and two for the Turkmen (235 and 241 kg)). The rest followed the suit, with only Talakhadze and Nagy cleans in all three attempts, with the Georgian later claims the gold, totalling 488 kg, thus breaking the world record for heaviest lifting ever by a human. The worst being Orság, failing all three attempts in clean and jerk, thus the Czech was eliminated from the event. On the other hand, Davoudi's 441 kg and Asaad's 424 kg totals earns them silver and bronze, only misses out their second and final attempts (240 kg for the Iranian and 242 kg for the Syrian).
During the Victory Ceremony, Talakhadze, Davoudi and Asaad were awarded medal by Ryu Seung-min, IOC member, South Korean table tennis player and champion of the event in 2004, and Mohammed Hasan Jalood, IWF secretary general, Iraq.
Records
Results RankAthleteNationGroupBodyweightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total 1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result Lasha Talakhadze A 177.00 208 215 223 223 245 255 265 265 488 Ali Davoudi A 168.25 191 196 200 200 234 241 241 441 Man Asaad A 147.55 185 190 190 228 234 234 424 4 Hojamuhammet Toýçyýew A 141.85 184 184 230 230 414 5 David Liti A 176.55 173 178 178 229 236 236 414 6 Enzo Kuworge A 161.10 175 175 225 234 234 409 7 Péter Nagy B 160.30 165 173 178 178 206 214 218 218 396 8 Marcos Ruiz B 109.90 175 180 180 210 215 215 395 9 Caine Wilkes B 151.15 173 173 212 217 217 390 10 Sargis Martirosjan B 114.35 180 180 190 201 201 381 11 David Litvinov B 128.30 176 176 205 205 381 12 Hsieh Yun-ting B 126.05 165 172 172 206 206 378 Jiří Orság A 140.90 175 180 180 — —Walid Bidani A
New records Snatch208 kg215 kg223 kg, Clean & Jerk255 kg265 kg, Total468 kg478 kg488 kg,
References