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Bulgaria’s Karlos Nasar breaks world record as he becomes Olympic weightlifting champion

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Bulgaria’s Karlos Nasar snatched the gold in weightlifting in the 89 kgs. category at the Olympic Games in Paris.
He crushed all competition and grabbed the title, setting a world record in the two lifts total. The Paris-born 20-year old weightlifter lifted a total of 404 kgs., bettering the previous world record by 8 whole kgs. In the snatch, Nasar lifted 180 kgs. in three clean attempts, and in the jerk - 224 kgs. in just two, breaking his own previous record. 



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