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

China's Yang Liuyue claimed two new world records in the snatch and total of the women's 61kg weightlifting at the 20th Asian Games on Friday, hoisting 112kg in the snatch for a gold-medal total of 251kg.

In the clean and jerk, silver medalist Pak Jin Hae of the DPR Korea set a new world record with a lift of 139kg, which Yang later matched.