Azerbaijan's Elshan Huseynov and Nigeria's Bose Omolayo headlined the 2015 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships on Wednesday (29 July), breaking world records to beat reigning world champions to gold in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Huseynov was in great form in the men's up to 107kg, stylishly clearing three lifts to win his country's first medal of the competition. His 242kg new world mark adds 2kg to the previous world record of Greek world champion Pavlos Mamalos.


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