Egypt’s Ali Abdel-Radi Breaks World & African Weightlifting Records
Egyptian weightlifter Ali Abdel Radi wins three gold medals and breaks world and African records at the African Championships.
Egyptian young weightlifter Ali Abdel-Radi won three gold medals at the African Weightlifting Championships in the under-17 youth category, competing in the 85kg weight class. He claimed gold in the snatch, the clean and jerk, and the total.
Abdel-Radi broke the African record in the snatch with a lift of 152kg. He also set new world and African records in the clean and jerk, lifting 187kg, and in the total, with a combined weight of 339kg.
The Egyptian weightlifter had previously won three gold medals in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total in the 79kg category at the World Under-17 Weightlifting Championships, held last July in Colombia.
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