NAGOYA, JAPAN, Sept 23 (Reuters) - North Korean weightlifterRi Song Gum broke three world records en route to winning her third Asian Games gold medal on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old, who also won gold in 2023 at the Games in Hangzhou and in 2018 at Jakarta-Palembang, lifted 94 kg in the snatch segment in Nagoya, 1 kg more than the previous world mark.
She followed that up with a clean-and-jerk of 121 kg, bettering the previous best of 120 kg.
Her total haul of 215 kg eclipsed the previous benchmark by 4 kg.
The gold in the women's 49 kg category was North Korea's first of the Aichi-Nagoya Games.
"The world record and this gold medal hold great meaning for me, because of everything I poured into this competition," Ri said.
“I stepped out onto the competition floor today carrying that faith and those expectations."
Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu of India was runner-up with a total lift of 198 kg. The 32-year-old, a three-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, had failed to medal in her two previous Asian Games appearances.
"There was pressure, but not that much pressure that I could not win a medal," Mirabai said.
"I had the belief in me that I would be able to win. There were expectations, people who believed in me: my coaches, my support staff, and I made sure to win a medal for my country."
Indonesia'sLuluk Diana Tri Wijayana took bronze with 191 kg.
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in Nagoya; editing by Peter Rutherford)
