'World records not enough': North Korea weightlifters target Olympic gold rush
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(Nagoya=Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Dae-ho = North Korean weightlifter Ri Won-ju reached the top of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, showcasing overwhelming power in the clean and jerk.
Several gold medals may be in prospect for North Korea at the Olympics, if the level at the Asian Games is fair.
Several gold medals may be in prospect for North Korea at the Olympics if the level at the Asian Games is fair.
Several gold medals may be in prospect for North Korea at the Olympics, if the level at the Asian Games is fair.
'World records not enough': North Korea weightlifters target Olympic gold rush
The secretive nation has been the dominant force in global weightlifting since emerging from self-imposed Covid exile to smash six world records at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023. They also won six golds. At the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan this week North Korea's strongwomen and men have taken four gold medals and two silvers from six events so far. They had also set seven world records by Friday night, less than halfway through the se…
North Korea's O Gwangok broke five world records in the women's 57-kilogram weightlifting category at the Asian Games in Japan, where China's Yang Liu-yue set three world records in the women's 61-kilogram weightlifting category.
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