DRP Korea's weightlifer breakes world records of women's 49kg category at Asian Games

NAMPA / Xinhua

2026-09-23

NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- DPR Korea's Ri Song Gum broke the world record to win her country's first gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. She set three world records in the women's 49kg category. Ri lifted 94kg in the snatch, 121kg in clean and jerk, and totaled 215kg - all three marks broke the world record under the new competition cycle. The gold medal in the women's 49kg category was DPR Korea's first gold of the Asian Game......

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