The 27-year-old Kashirina, a four-time world champion and London 2012 Olympic silver medallist in the over-75kg category, managed best lifts of 145kg in the snatch and 185kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 330kg.

All three of her marks were world standards, breaking that in the snatch once and those in the clean and jerk and total on three occasions.

Her clean and jerk lifts of 178kg, 182kg and 185kg moved her onto totals of 323kg, 327kg and 330kg respectively.

Kashirina was pushed all the way by Meng, however, with the Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist coming second in the total with 327kg after finishing runner-up in the snatch with 143kg and the clean and jerk with 184kg - a world standard before Kashirina broke it.

The Chinese lifter missed the opportunity to secure the clean and jerk and total gold medals after failing at 188kg with the last attempt of the competition.

It would have moved her onto 331kg overall and bettered Kashirina by 1kg.

Thailand's Duangaksorn Chaidee was the overall bronze medallist with 296kg after finishing fourth in the snatch with 129kg and third in the clean and jerk with 167kg. 

The snatch bronze medal went to North Korea's Kim Kuk Hyang with 130kg, but she finished 1kg behind Chaidee in the total after ending the clean and jerk on 165kg.

Kashirina’s hat-trick of gold medals sees Russia finish the World Championships with five in all, following Artem Okulov’s triumphs in the men’s 89kg clean and jerk and total events on Tuesday (November 6)..             

Russia was among nine nations - along with China, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Turkey - banned last year by the IWF for having multiple positives in the re-testing of doping samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games in Beijing and London respectively.

The country, which had already been suspended from Rio 2016, missed last year's World Championships in Anaheim.

The 2018 World Championships are the first event to be held since the re-structuring of the IWF’s weight classes, nullifying earlier records.

It is for this reason that the term "world standard" is being used as oppose to "world record".

Medals were also awarded today in the men’s over-109kg event with reigning Olympic over-105kg champion Lasha Talakhadze dominating from start to finish.

The 25-year-old Georgian broke the world standard for the snatch and clean and jerk twice and that for the total three times on his way to ending on 474kg overall.

He managed lifts of 207kg, 212kg and 217kg in the snatch before posting 245kg, 252kg and 257kg in the clean and jerk.

It gave him a winning margin of 24kg in the total over Armenia’s Gor Minasyan, who finished second in the snatch with 205kg and the clean and jerk with 245kg.

Rounding out the overall podium was Uzbekistan’s Rustam Djangabaev with 447kg.

He came fourth in the snatch with 202kg and took the bronze medal in the clean and jerk with 245kg.

Talakhadze’s fellow Georgian Irakli Turmanidze finished third in the snatch with 203kg, but he did not compete in the clean and jerk.

Iran’s Ali Davoudi ended with a junior world standard total of 424kg having managed a best snatch lift of 197kg, also a junior world standard, and 227kg in the clean and jerk.

He was in a constant battle with Belarus’ Eduard Ziaziulin, who ended the day with the clean and jerk junior world standard with 228kg and a total of 421kg.

Following the completion of today’s action, the IWF flag was passed from Turkmenistan's Minister of Sport and Youth Policy, Dayanch Gulgeldiyew, to Thai Amateur Weightifting Association team official, Yosanant  Raicharoen, as attention turns to the 2019 World Championships in Pattaya.

The flag was passed via IWF President Tamás Aján.

China comfortably topped the medals standings at this year's World Championships with 20 golds, 23 silvers and 10 bronzes.