North Korea's Kim breaks weightlifting record
PUBLISHED ONSeptember 21, 2014 12:30 PM
INCHEON, South Korea - Kim Un Guk became the second North Korean weightlifter in two days to break a world record at the Asian Games, lifting 154kg in the snatch component of the men's 62kg category on Sunday.
Kim's compatriot and fellow London Olympics gold medallist Om Yun Chol set a world record in the 56kg category a day earlier.
Kim bettered the mark set by China's Shi Zhiyong 12 years ago by 1kg.