Asian Games: Three new world records set in women's 61kg weightlifting

Nagoya (Japan), Sep 25 (UNI) China's Yang Liuyue set world records in the snatch and total on her way to winning the women's 61-kilogram weightlifting title at the 20th Asian Games on Friday. Yang lifted 112kg in the snatch to see a world record before adding 139kg in the clean and jerk for a winning total of 251kg. DPR Korea's Pak Jin-hae refreshed a world record of 139kg in the clean and jerk, which Yang later matched to secure the gold medal. The 19-year-old Yang had chalked up a world record in the snatch in the women's 63kg category at…