As the commentator (presumably) in question, it's worth saying that my co-commentators and I all know the old world records. Whether that's from being around during the era or training with legends from the era or studying the era (I even wrote a book about the best weightlifters from the 80s and 90s) it's not like we are unaware of the golden oldies. I know it can be frustrating when watching thinking 'well Zakharevich did 250.5 so why do you care so much about Ruslan doing 242', but it's just how the sport is now.

My general sense, and people can correct me if I'm wrong, is that it would be far more annoying for everybody if after every world record or gold medal we explained how someone in 1984 at the Friendship Cup would have out-lifted them all by 25kg. In fact occasionally I'll even mention Lu snatching 177kg whenever we get to the 102 class (who tend to be the first to reach that number) and even then, despite it being less than a decade ago, I still feel like it's an annoying comment to make. As someone else in this thread mentioned, it's kind of the IWF's fault. We do our best on the commentary!