JAKARTA - Indonesian lifter Rahmat Erwin Abdullah set a world record for clean and jerk in the men's 73kg class of the 2022 Weightlifting World Championship at Gran Carpa Americas Corferias, Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, December 10 morning WIB.
Appearing in Group B, Rahmat Erwin became a dark horse after lifting a weight weighing 200kg in the clean and jerk force, according to the results from the IWF page.
This result broke the world record of Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold winner Shi Zhiyong from China who at the 2019 World Championship scored 197kg for clean and jerk.
Rahmat's achievement was surprising because he was not a seed in the men's 73kg class. He was even placed in Group B. But he again proved himself to be a lifter worthy of being taken into account in this class.
Lifter 22 tahun ini bukan kali pertama membuat kejutan. Ketika di Olimpiade Tokyo 2020 dia juga tampil di Grup B. Meski begitu, Erwin sukses meraih medali perunggu di kelas 73kg setelah mengangkat beban total 342kg (152kg snatch dan 190kg clean and jerk).
As for the 2022 Weightlifting World Championships, Erwin in the snatch class posted 152kg. Until this news was revealed, competition in the men's 73kg class was still rolling.
Quoted from ANTARA, apart from Erwin, Indonesia also has another representative, namely Rizki Juniansyah, who appears in Group A.
So far, Indonesia has won two silvers and one bronze through Eko Yuli Irawan in the men's 61kg class. Eko won the silver in the clean and jerk class with 175kg and a total lift of 300kg. While the snatch with 135kg produced bronze.
Indonesia fielded 12 lifters to the 2022 World Championships, which is the first qualifying tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In the men's category, Indonesia sends Eko Yuli Irawan (61kg class), Ricko Saputra (61kg), Rizki Juniansyah (73kg), Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (73kg), and Muhammad Zul Ilmi (89kg).
Meanwhile, in the women's category there are Windy Cantika Aisah (49kg), Juliana Klarisa (55kg), Natasya Beteyob (59kg), Nelly (59kg), Tsabitha Alfiah Ramadani (71kg), Restu Anggi (71kg), and Nurul Akmal (+87kg).
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