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Summary Fans' favourite Kim Un-Guk of North Korea won the men's -62kg Olympic weightlifting class.
Kim Un Guk won North Koreas second weightlifting gold medal at the London Olympics on Monday, setting a world record total of 327 kilograms in the mens 62-kilogram division.Oscar Figueroa Mosquera of Colombia got the silver medal while Eko Yuli Irawan of Indonesia took bronze.World champion Zhang Jie of China missed the podium, finishing in fourth place.Kim did a victory dance already after the snatch, where he lifted 153 kilograms in his third attempt, equaling the world record and setting a new Olympic high mark.Zhang only managed 140 kilograms in the snatch, failing two attempts at 145, putting him virtually out of reach of the gold medal heading into the clean and jerk.Kim solidified his lead by clearing 170 kilograms in his first clean and jerk, before loading the barbell with 174 kilograms, with the aim of breaking Zhangs world record total of 326 kilograms. He succeeded in his last lift, sending the crowd roaring in the ExCeL center.
