The strongest Olympic athlete has been found in the weightlifting division.
Lasha Talakhadze, the weightlifter from Georgia, broke his own record and lifted 488kg to win the Gold.
That is equivalent to the weight of 67 shot puts, a piano, or an average sized camel.
Talakhadze was the 2016 Rio Olympic champ, so it was basically a competition with himself. All of the other competitors had finished lifting before he had even started.
Of course the Georgian did not lift 488 all at once, he set a world record in the snatch division with 233kg and 265kg.
After this he said that he is aiming to go for a combined total of 500kg, which he would become the first man in history to do so.
Do you think that you could ever lift 265kgs?
9 Responses
wow he’s strong
I don’t think I can even lift anything <) 😀
WOW
thats so cool
He is strong
WOW THAT IS STRONG!!!
i want to be like him
He cool
so cool how dose he do it?