RIO 2016: RUSLAN NURUDINOV - A NEW OLYMPIC RECORD HOLDER














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A worthy performance and a worthy victory! He took revenge with a vengeance for the disappointing fourth place at the Olympic Games 2012 in London! Ruslan Nurudinov - winner of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro! He has broken an Olympic record in weightlifting in the weight up to 105 kg!
R.Nurudinov brings second gold medal for the national team of Uzbekistan. On the sum of two exercises, he lifted 431 kg in weight, which is as much as 13 kg more than in his closest pursuer.
Simon Martirosyan from Armenia (417 kg) has got a silver of the Olympics, Alexander Bunnies (416 kg) from Kazakhstan - bronze medal.
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