Eternal World Records: 213.5kg Press By Y.Kozin
History in Color:
July 14, 1972, Riga, Latvia – Soviet heavyweight Yury Kozin of Moscow, Russia presses a 213.5kg world record in the 110kg class at the 1972 Baltic Cup in Riga.
After the elimination of the press lift from Olympic weightlifting competitions in 1972, it became an “eternal” world record in this weight class.