Kazakhstan’s Nijat Rahimov breaks world record, wins weightlifting gold medal

Q.  Who broke the world record to win the gold medal in the men’s 77kg weightlifting class at Rio Olympic Games?
- Published on 12 Aug 16

a. Nijat Abimov
b. Nijat Rahimov
c. Nijat Ahmed
d. Nijat Ali

ANSWER: Nijat Rahimov
 
Nijat Rahimov, from Kazakhstan has broken the world record to win the gold medal of the men’s 77 kg weightlifting class on 10th August 2016
  • Lu Xiaojun of China took the silver and Mohamed Ihab of Egypt claimed the bronze.
  • Rahimov won by lifting 214 kg and formerly represented Azerbaijan
  • He won gold for Azerbaijan at the 2010 Summer Olympics and gold at the 2010 European Junior Weightlifting Championship
  • He was served a doping ban between 2013 and 2015
  • He won gold for Kazakhstan setting a world record in clean and jerk
  • Another gold medal winner from Kazakhstan was Dmitriy Balandin who on 10 August 2016 won gold medal in the men's 200-meter breaststroke final. It is Balandin’s first Olympic medal.
  • He won the second gold medal for the country in the 2016 Olympics and the first ever medal for the nation in a swimming event
  • Currently, he holds two Kazakh records in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke.
  • He set a historic milestone for his nation by striking the breaststroke triple at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

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