Akbar Djuraev wins men's 109kg weightlifting gold at Tokyo 2020

TOKYO, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Akbar Djuraev gave Uzbekistan its third Olympic medal in weightlifting as he beat world champion Simon Martirosyan of Armenia to win the men's 109kg gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Tuesday.

The final was billed as a battle between Djuraev and Martirosyan, and it proved to be just that. The European champion Martirosyan snatched the most of 195kg with breeze, and was being