And you meant Mexico not Moscow.
@BrotherIron
Mexico was 1968 Vardanian would have been 12 . The 222.5 was his third attempt after breaking the world record on his previous lift with 215.5 kg he was lifting in Moscow 1980 .
The records weren't frozen. They changed the weight classes b/c back in the day drug use was accepted so they changed the classes to set all new records. The funny thing is the drug use didn't stop and many of the old records have yet to be broken.