Egypt's Younes wins 85kg gold as 11 world records fall at weightlifting worlds

Ningbo, Nov 2 (UNI) Egypt's Mohamed Younes won the men's 85kg title at the World Weightlifting Championships on Monday, edging Colombia's Yeison Lopez in a dramatic contest that saw world records broken 11 times. Younes, 21, lifted 177kg in the snatch and 213kg in the clean and jerk for a winning total of 390kg, three kilograms ahead of Lopez, who took silver with 387kg. China's Lei Jiangqing claimed bronze with 382kg. The competition featured five world records in the snatch, one in the clean and jerk and five in the total. The snatch record changed hands five times as Younes,…