Fares Elbakh (aka) Fares El-Bakh (aka) Fares Ibrahim Sayed Hassouna El-Bakh (aka) Meso Hassouna. Weightlifter. Athlete.
Sets new Olympic record with gold in 96kg men’s weightlifting final,with Keydomar Giovanni Vallenilla Sanchez winning silver and Anton Pliesnoi making the bronze .
The Qatari El-Bakh put up 177kg in the snatch before sliding into the clean and jerk and setting an Olympic record in that lift with a weight of 225kg. It was one of two Olympic records he broke on the night — along with a massive combined score of 402 that was too much for any of his competitors on the day to even approach.
Elbakh set two new Games records in Tokyo as he won Qatar’s sixth Olympic medal and second in weightlifting.
The gold medal is a first-ever Olympic title for Qatar.
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QATAR / EGYPT