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DPRK players successful at 2024 IWF World Championships

Date: 13/12/2024 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

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DPRK weightlifters are registering brilliant successes in the 2024 International Weightlifting Federation World Championships every day.

On December 10, DPRK players set new world records in two categories of the women's 64kg event and bagged three gold medals and three silver medals.

Ri Suk lifted 115kg in snatch, 149kg in jerk (new world record) and 264kg in total (new world record) and thus came first in jerk and total and second in snatch. Rim Un Sim took the first place in snatch with the lift of 116kg and the second place in jerk and total with the lift of 140kg and 256kg.

Meanwhile, Ri Chong Song bagged three gold medals in the men's 81kg event, with the lift of 166kg in snatch, 205kg in jerk and 371kg in total.

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