North Korea’s women’s weightlifters won gold in all five weight classes at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. In their first international appearance since the 2019 World Championships in Pattaya, North Korea reaffirmed its status as an Asian weightlifting powerhouse. North Korea’s Song Kuk Hyang won gold in the women’s 76kg competition on Friday evening at the Xiaoshan Sports Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, lifting 117kg in the snatch and 150kg in the jerk for a total of 267kg.Her teammate, Chung Chun Hee of North Korea, won the silver medal by one kilogram with a lift of 117 kilograms, a snatch of 149 kilograms, and a total of 266 kilograms .North Korean women’s weightlifting’s “gold medal march” began with the start of the competition on March 30.North Korea’s Ri Sung-gyum won gold in the 49kg category, setting a new world record. Kang Hyon-kyong won gold in the 55-kilogram event on the same day, also in a world record. North Korean women’s weightlifting didn’t stop there .Kim Il Kyong set a world record in the 59 kg category on the previous two days, while Lim Eun Shim, the younger sister of “North Korean Weightlifting Hero” Lim Jung Shim, also took the top spot on the podium in the 64 kg category .With Song Kuk-hyang’s gold medal, North Korea has now swept all five women’s weightlifting categories at the Asian Games. In addition, North Korean female historians have also won two silver medals. Their arch-rivals, the Chinese women’s weightlifters, have only managed three silver and one bronze medal .North Korea will not be competing in the women’s weightlifting ’87kg’ and ’87kg+’ events, which will be held on the 6th and 7th, respectively. North Korea has won gold in every women’s weightlifting event at the Asian Games 토토사이트 North Korean men’s weightlifters have won one gold, three silver and two bronze medals so far.
