Kazakh lifter sets world record in Rio gold win
Weightlifter Nijat Rahimov broke the clean and jerk weightlifting​ world record in the men’s 77-kilogram category to hand Kazakhstan its first gold medal of the Rio Olympics. Rahimov lifted 214 kilograms to surpass the 210 kilograms clean and jerk world​ record set 15 years ago. Notably, Rahimov had returned from a doping ban last year.