Varazdat Lalayan of Armenia won bronze at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Bogotá in Colombia on Friday, December 16.

According to a report from Inside the Games, Lalayan earned a huge cheer from a noisy crowd when he avoided a bomb-out by making his final clean and jerk at 246kg to finish 215-246-461.

Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze had to fight for his sixth straight world title in a sensational final session at the Championships, while Gor Minasyan, who switched nationality from Armenia to Bahrain, was second only 4kg behind.

Minasyan, 28, missed his last snatch and first clean and jerk, and got closer to Talakhadze than he has ever been.