She bags her second consecutive Asian Games gold, having won in Jakarta five years ago.
HANGZHOU: North Korea’s Ri Song-gum set a new world record today to win gold in the first weightlifting event of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, the women’s 49kg class.
Thailand’s Thanyathon Sukcharoen took a surprise bronze on 199kg as Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu of India could only come fourth. It was the 25-year-old Ri’s second consecutive Asian Games gold, having won the now-defunct 48kg in Jakarta five years ago.
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