Gor Minasyan (Bahrain) Clinches Bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics in the Men’s 102+ kg Category

Gor Minasyan (Bahrain) won the bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris in the superheavyweight category after he lifted a 461 kg total. This represents a significant milestone in the Bahraini weightlifter’s career. 

This brings his total of Olympic medal count to two, following his silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio (Representing  Armenia). Gor also won silver at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010. 

Snatch

Minasyan opened the competition with a strong 210 kg snatch, positioning him in the top three contenders for the podium. While Talahadze and Lalayan opted for a 215 kg snatch on their second attempt, Minasyan chose to increase the load by one kilo, successfully 216 kg. It was a very smart and strategic move.

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All top three contenders (Talakhadze, Lalayan, and Minasyan) failed their final snatch attempts, where Minasyan went with 220 kg. This left the Bahraininan lifter with 2 out of the 3 snatch attempts being successful and him being placed at the top of the table with 1 kilo lead after the snatch session. 

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Clean and Jerk

While Talakhadze and Lalayan went for 247 kg on their first C&J attempts, Minasyan went for 245 kg. And while he did handle that load successfully, he was still 1 kilo behind in the total, placing him in third place. 

Minasyan increased the weight load for his second attempt by a mighty 10 kg, up to 255, which proved too much for him to control. Minasyan tried the same load on his last attempt, but again, he failed to perform, cementing him in the 3rd spot.

The gold was won by  Lasha Talakhadze from Georgia, who lifted 470 kg in total. The silver medal was secured by Varazdat Lalayan, also a born Armenian, same as Gor Minasyan. Lalayan lifted a combined weight of 467 kg to secure his silver.