New world records in women's Olympic lifting

Gu Wei breaks world record in women's 53kg

DOHA, Nov. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Young Chinese strongwoman continued to shine in the World Weightlifting Championships as the 19-year-old Gu Wei smashed the world records to clinch the women's 58kg class gold here on Friday. Gu Wei, coached by Athens Olympic champion Chen Yanqing in China, followed Chen's successful step as she snatched 102kg and jerked 139kg to knock down a convincing total of 241kg, 1kg more than the previous record created by Chinese Wang Li. Her jerk result also shattered the world record of the kind by 7kg.

Russia’s strongwoman Kasaeva breaks world record
The Peninsula/Agencies Nov. 13, 2005

Russia’s Zarema Kasaeva shattered the clean and jerk world record in the women’s 69kg category at the World Weightlifting championships here yesterday. The 18-year-old Russian hauled 157kg in her third and last attempt to win the gold in the clean and jerk and her total of 275kg also gave her the overall title with China’s Liu Haixia finishing second with a total of 274. Kasaeva’s effort beat China’s Liu Haixia’s mark of 154kg set a few minutes earlier. Prior to the World Championships in Doha, the world record of 153kg in the clean and jerk stood in the name of China’s Liu Chunhong, who set the mark at the Athens Olympics.

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