The 23-year-old, who was a seven-time world medallist coming into the event, won the snatch with 126kg and the clean and jerk with 153kg for an unrivalled total of 279kg.

"This is the first time I have won all three gold medals in one session," Thach said.

"It feels good, but it was also a good feeling when I won bronze or silver, because I know i tried my best."

His nearest challenger today was compatriot Tran Le Quoc Toan, who claimed the silver medal with 270kg.  

Tran finished second in the snatch with 119kg and third in the clean and jerk with 151kg.  

Rounding out the overall podium was Thailand’s Witoon Mingmoon with 267kg.       

Despite finishing fifth in the snatch with 115kg, he went onto manage a runners-up spot in the clean and jerk with 152kg.         

The snatch bronze medal went the way of Spain’s Josue Brachi Garcia with 118kg.

Added to his best clean and jerk lift of 140kg, he finished fifth overall with 258kg.

Two-time European champion Mirco Scarantino of Italy bombed out in the snatch after three failed attempts at 114kg and did not complete the competition.

In the women’s 48kg event, Commonwealth champion Chanu Saikhom Mirabai of India secured the overall and clean and jerk titles after Thailand’s Thunya Sukcharoen failed with her final lift.

Success at 109kg would have given Sukcharoen a clean sweep of gold medals, but she had to settle for silver medals in the clean and jerk with 107kg and overall with 193kg.

Mirabai triumphed in the clean and jerk with 109kg and overall with 194kg, her best total at an international competition.

The 23-year-old has become the first world champion representing India in any event since the introduction of the current weight categories in 1998.

She had earlier finished second in the snatch with 85kg, which was 1kg less than two-time world junior champion Sukcharoen managed.

Pan American champion Ana Iris Segura Segura of Colombia came third overall with 182kg.

She finished third in the snatch with 81kg and fourth in the clean and jerk with 101kg.

Rounding out the clean and jerk podium was Thailand’s Chiraphan Nanthawong with 102kg.

Also tasting overall victory today was Colombia's Francisco Antonio Mosquera Valencia, the 2016 Pan American champion, in the men's 62kg event with 300kg.

Mosquera Valencia finished way down in seventh place in the snatch with 130kg, but topped the clean and jerk standings with 170kg.

He secured his country their second world title in a men’s event, following in the footsteps of Oscar Figueroa who won the clean and jerk in the same weight class in 2013. 

Japan's Yoichi Itokazu was the overall runner-up with 299kg.

He finished fifth in the snatch with 134kg and fourth in the clean and jerk with 165kg.

The overall bronze medallist was Georgia's Shota Mishvelidze with 298kg.

He came fourth in the snatch with 135kg and fifth in the clean and jerk with 163kg.

The snatch gold medal was won by Vietnam's Trinh Van Vinh with 136kg.

He bombed out, however, in the clean and jerk and failed to post a total. 

South Korea's Han Myeongmok was the snatch silver medallist with 135kg, while the bronze went to Uzbekistan's Adkhamjon Ergashev with the same weight.

Finishing behind Mosquera Valencia on the clean and jerk podium were Mexicans Jose Lino Montes Gongora and Antonio Vazquez Mendez with 167kg and 165kg respectively.

Action in Anaheim is due to continue tomorrow.