Ukrainian weightlifter Oleksiy Torokhtiy outmuscled the competition to take gold in a close men’s 105 kilogram weightlifting final Monday.
Torokhtiy lifted a total of 412 kg to win by just one kilogram from Iran’s Navab Nasirshelal, with the decisive kilogram coming in the snatch, where Torokhtiy managed 185 kg to Nasirshelal’s 184 kg.
Third place and the bronze medal went to Bartolomej Bonk of Poland, who led at the break after lifting 190 kg in the snatch, but underwhelmed in the clean and jerk.
The final weightlifting medal event, the men’s unlimited category, takes place Tuesday.
