16-year-old U.S. weightlifter CJ Cummings has been on a record-setting streak as of late and his latest championship appearance is no different. Cummings attended the 2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Penang, Malaysia, where he took home the gold medal. He snatched 135kg and clean & jerked a Youth World Record-setting 182kg. 

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Earlier this year, Cummings won the Junior World Championship in Weightlifting, where he became the first American man to set a weightlifting world record in over 40 years. This win makes two championships this year alone. 
 
Check out his World Record lift below. 

 

 

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