Summary Four new world records were set in the weightlifting at the Asian Games on Sunday.
INCHEON (AP) - North Korea s Kim Un Guk broke two world records in weightlifting at the Asian Games on Sunday, while two new women s world records were set by Taiwan s Hsu Shu Ching and Kazakhstan s Zulfiya Chinshanlo.
Kim, claiming North Korea s second gold medal of the games, lifted 154 kilograms in the snatch to set his first record of the day in the men s 62-kilogram class. The 2012 Olympic champion went on to lift a combined total of 332 kilograms for another world best, beating his own previous mark by five kilograms.
Competing in the 53-kilogram class, Hsu set the new women s record and took the gold with a combined total lift of 233 kilograms, two kilograms more than the old mark.
Also in the 53-kilogram class, Chinshanlo improved the world record in the clean and jerk by one kilogram with a 132-kilogram lift.
On Saturday, North Korea s Om Yun Chol beat his own world record in the clean and jerk by one kilogram, lifting 170 kilograms in the men s 56-kilogram class.
A total of 15 gold medals are on offer at the Asiad.
