Andrei Aramnau of Belarus broke the snatch world record in the men's 105kg weightlifting final. [Xinhua]

Andrei Aramnau of Belarus broke the snatch world record in the men's 105kg weightlifting final at the Beijing Olympic Games on Monday.

Aramnau lifted 200kgs in his third attemp to break the snatch world record of 199kgs set up by Marcin Delega of Poland on July 18, 1982.

(Xinhua News Agency August 18, 2008)