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According to the Al Jazeera report, North Korea’s Ri Song-gum delivered a historic, record-shattering performance to win gold in the women’s 49kg weightlifting category at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, while India’s Mirabai Chanu clinched a long-awaited silver medal.

Key details from the news include:

• Ri Song-gum’s World Record Dominance:

  • Ri won North Korea’s first gold medal of the Games by breaking three world records.

  • In the snatch discipline, she lifted 94kg, surpassing the previous world record of 93kg by 1kg.

  • In the clean and jerk, she broke the world record twice, lifting 116kg and then 121kg.

  • Her combined total reached 215kg, clearing the previous overall world record by 7kg.

  • With this victory, she became the first womanand only the fourth weightlifter in historyto win three Asian Games gold medals.

• Mirabai Chanu’s Milestone Silver:

  • The 32-year-old Olympic silver medalist finished second with a total lift of 198kg (87kg in the snatch and 111kg in the clean and jerk).

  • This marked Chanu’s first career medal at the Asian Games on her third attempt, completing her collection of medals across major multi-sport events (Olympics, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Games).

  • Her podium finish also ended a 28-year medal drought for India in Asian Games weightlifting, dating back to Karnam Malleswari’s silver in 1998.

• Bronze Medal:

  • Indonesia’s Luluk Diana Tri Wijayana secured the bronze medal with a combined total of 191kg (88kg in the snatch and 103kg in the clean and jerk).