Chinese lifter Liu Chunhong displayed her overwhelming power at the
14th Asian Games on Sunday, lifting three world records to win the
women's 69kg category weightlifting gold medal.
After snatching a world mark weight of 115.5 kilograms, Liu kept
her record-breaking pace in the clean and jerk with a lift of148kg.
With two record lifts, Liu had a combined weight of 262.5kg,
beating the previous world mark by 5 kilograms.
At
the world championships in Antalya, Turkey last November, Valentina
Popova of Russia set a snatch world record at 115 and the total
mark at 257.5.
The previous jerk record of 147.5 was set by Liu Chunhong earlier
this year.
Pawina Thongsuk of Thailand was second at 260kg and Mya Sanda Oo of
Myanmar finished third at 250.
(
October 7, 2002)