On October 6, the fifth day of the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships will take place on the platform at “Fordehuset” (Førde, Norway).
Today, men in the -79 kg weight category will compete for medals.
Competition schedule | Live broadcast | Medal standings
Unlike some other weight categories, all the main favorites are here and ready to show their outstanding class.
We will see reigning world champion, North Korean weightlifter Ri Jong-song. Ri won last year’s championship in Bahrain with a total of 349 kg (combined).
Also competing is 22-year-old Indonesian Rizki Juniansyah, the Olympic champion in the (up to 73 kg) category, and 2023 world champion and reigning European champion, renowned Italian Oscar Reyes.
Latvian weightlifter Ritvars Suharevs will try to make the podium, while ambitious Kazakh Yedige Yemberdy may spring a surprise.
Below, you can follow today’s competition results in real time, ONLINE.
The results from day 5 of the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships in Førde, Norway, will be published after the competition day concludes. Follow updates on this page…
