Weightlifting
Records, firsts and iconic moments
15 documented moments (2026) — every world record, historic first and title win in Weightlifting the ICNX desk has covered, in the order they happened. Each entry links to the full story with sources.
Records and firsts
World records and never-been-done moments in Weightlifting.
WeightliftingHu Wenxun Lifts 288kg for a Triple Youth World Record at Junior Worlds
Historic youth world record total 288kg (125+163) at IWF Junior Worlds Ismailia — all-time highest total by any female youth lifter since 2009; equals Emily Campbell's Olympic bronze total from Paris 2024; triple youth world record
WeightliftingPang Un-chol Lifts 174kg World Record en Route to -60kg Asian Gold
Set world record in clean & jerk (174kg) and won gold total (304kg) in -60kg at 2026 Asian Weightlifting Championships, Gandhinagar, India (May 11–17, 2026).
WeightliftingCojocaru Sets Two Youth World Records to Complete the Set
At the IWF World Youth Championships in Cali (Colombia) on 8 July 2026, 16-year-old Nicoleta Cojocaru (Moldova) won the women's 58kg by a wide margin and set two youth world records — clean & jerk (114kg) and total (202kg) — going 88-114-202 on five of six attempts and improving her best total by 5kg. Together with the youth snatch world record she had set earlier in Ismailia, she now holds a full set of youth world records.
WeightliftingKhalifa Wins Libya's First Youth Weightlifting Medal
Abdulrauf Khalifa lifted 305 kg total (137 snatch, 168 clean and jerk) to claim 79 kg silver, Libya's first medal at the Youth World Weightlifting Championships after sitting fourth at the halfway mark.
WeightliftingNorth Koreas Ri Song-gum Sets Three World Records
Ri Song-gum from North Korea set three world records in the women's 49 kg at the 2026 Asian Games — 94 kg snatch, 121 kg clean and jerk and 215 kg total — to claim her third consecutive Asian Games gold.
Timeline
All 15 moments, oldest first.
- 2026Delos Santos Wins Third Junior World Title, 187kg RecordNext Gen Star4 May 2026 · IWF World Junior Championships, Ismailia, Egypt
- 2026Metwally Wins Junior World Title With 341kg for Triple CrownNext Gen Star5 May 2026 · IWF World Junior Championships, Ismailia, Egypt
- 2026Amroyan Wins Youth World 77kg Gold on 240kg, Six for SixNext Gen Star6 May 2026 · IWF World Junior Championships, Ismailia, Egypt
- 2026Angel Rodríguez Claims Junior World Title at 89kg With a 365kg TotalNext Gen Star6 May 2026 · IWF World Junior Championships, Ismailia, Egypt
- 2026Rustamova Defends Junior World 86kg Title, 249kg TotalNext Gen Star7 May 2026 · IWF World Junior Championships, Ismailia, Egypt
- 2026Mauricio Loaiza Wins Junior World 94kg Gold With Flawless 373kg TotalNext Gen Star7 May 2026 · IWF World Junior Championships, Ismailia, Egypt
- 2026Mohammaditanha Defends Junior World Title With 401kgNext Gen Star8 May 2026 · IWF World Junior Championships, Ismailia, Egypt
- 2026Zare Wins Junior World Gold at 110kg With 400kg TotalNext Gen Star8 May 2026 · IWF World Junior Championships, Ismailia, Egypt
- 2026Hu Wenxun Lifts 288kg for a Triple Youth World Record at Junior WorldsWorld Record8 May 2026 · IWF World Junior Championships, Ismailia, Egypt
- 2026Pang Un-chol Lifts 174kg World Record en Route to -60kg Asian GoldPioneer14 May 2026 · 2026 Asian Weightlifting Championships · Gandhinagar, India
- 2026He Yueji Lifts 329kg World Record Total for Asian Championships GoldNext Gen Star17 May 2026 · 2026 Asian Weightlifting Championships · Gandhinagar, India
- 2026Cojocaru Sets Two Youth World Records to Complete the SetWorld Record8 July 2026 · IWF World Youth Weightlifting Championships 2026 (Cali) — Women's 58kg · Cali, Colombia
- 2026Khalifa Wins Libya's First Youth Weightlifting MedalPioneer10 July 2026 · IWF World Youth Weightlifting Championships Cali 2026 — Men 79 kg · Cali, Kolumbien
- 2026Ghrissa Wins Youth World Total Gold on Tiebreak at 77 kgNext Gen Star11 July 2026 · IWF World Youth Weightlifting Championships 2026 · Cali, Kolumbien
- 2026North Koreas Ri Song-gum Sets Three World RecordsWorld Record23 September 2026 · Asian Games 2026 — Weightlifting Women's 49 kg (Nagoya) · Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan