Almaty—Taking only five attempts at the World Weightlifting Championships this afternoon, Tatiana Kashirina (Russia) made good use of them as she rewrote the record book for the +75 kg category, cranking out two world records in the snatch, one in the clean and jerk, and two in the total.


Tatiana Kashirina pulls herself under 193-kg. IronMind® | Randall J. Strossen


Her final marks were 155 kg in the snatch, 193 kg in the clean and jerk, and 348 kg in the total.

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