Forde (Norway), Oct. 7 -- Despite two failed attempts in a new weight category, Indonesia's Olympic champion Rizki Juniansyah won two gold medals and set a new world record at the IWF World Championships here.
Juniansyah, the 2024 Olympic champion in the 73kg class, competed in the newly-added 79kg category alongside 38 other athletes on Monday.
However, in Group A, none of the 10 athletes completed their final attempts as two withdrew and eight failed, with 16 out of 30 failures in the snatch and 19 out of 30 unsuccessful in the clean and jerk.
Juniansyah powered 157kg in his first snatch attempt but failed in the next two, placing third in this discipline. Ri Chong Song of DPR Korea led with 163kg, followed by Egypt's Abdelrahman Youne...