China’s Liao Guifang won the women’s 86 kg title with a world-record 291 kg total and set a clean-and-jerk record of 163 kg. Armenia’s Emma Poghosyan finished eighth with 249 kg, a result that does not secure an Olympic quota place.
China’s Liao Guifang won the women’s 86 kg title at the World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo with a 291 kg total. She set world records in the total and the clean and jerk, where she lifted 163 kg, Sportaran said.
Armenia’s Emma Poghosyan, the reigning European champion, finished eighth with 249 kg. She won the 86 kg European title in Batumi, Georgia, in 2026 with a 248 kg total. The championships are the first qualifying competition for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics; her result put her on the Olympic ranking but did not secure a quota place.
Poghosyan’s total combined a 106 kg snatch, a lift made in one movement, and a 143 kg clean and jerk, a two-stage lift. She also completed 138 kg in the clean and jerk.
Poghosyan won the 81 kg world junior title in León, Spain, on 25 September 2024, with a 233 kg total.
Armenia’s Liana Gyurjyan finished without a total. She placed 25th in the snatch with 102 kg but failed all three attempts at 135 kg in the clean and jerk.
Earlier at the championships, Armenia’s Aleksandra Grigoryan won a bronze medal in the clean and jerk.
The Asian Weightlifting Federation says the ranking uses athletes’ combined totals from official qualifying events: their best three from the first qualification period and best two from the second. Each kilogram counts as one point.
Qualifying runs from 27 July 2026, through 7 May 2028. After it ends, the top eight athletes in each Olympic weight category will receive quota places. Athletes must also follow the Olympic Charter and applicable anti-doping rules and remain available for testing throughout qualification.
Armenia’s Varazdat Lalayan totaled 457 kg in the men’s over-110 kg final. Iraq’s Ali Rubayawi won with 466 kg, while Iran’s Alireza Yousefi took silver with 458 kg and set a 263 kg clean-and-jerk world record, Armsport said.
Varazdat Lalayan, in the men’s +110 kg category, is Armenia’s only remaining competitor at the championships.
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Armenia’s Garik Karapetyan lifted 183 kg in the snatch but missed two clean-and-jerk attempts at 217 kg and withdrew from his third because of an injury.
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Yang won with a 265 kg total. Peng Cuiting set a reported 126 kg snatch world record as Armenia’s Alina Sukiasyan finished without a total after three failed attempts at 120 kg in the clean and jerk.
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