Iran's Hossein Rezazadeh won the gold medal in the Olympic men's weightlifting superheavyweight 105kg and over category on Wednesday with a world-record-breaking display.
Rezazadeh set a new world record in the clean and jerk of 263.5kg on his way to victory, beating his own previous record of 263kg.
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Latvia's Viktors Scerbatihs took silver while Velichko Cholakov of Bulgaria won bronze.
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