RIO-2016: Weightlifter Nijat Rahimov won first gold medal for Kazakhstan at Olympics-2016
07:47, 11 August 2016
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstani weightlifter Nijat Rahimov has become the Olympic champion in the 77 kg category. He also set the new world and Olympic records, which equals 379 kg now.
Chinese Lyu Xiaojun won the silver medal and Egyptian Mohamed Mahmoud won the bronze medal fot he tournament, Sports.kz informs.