China lifters break records

Reported by Straits Times on Sunday, 18 October 2009 (on October 18, 2009)

BEIJING - CHINESE women's world champions Li Ping and Wang Mingjuan have broken world weightlifting records in the 53 and 48 kilogram weight classes respectively at China's National Games.The two broke the records in Saturday's competition in the eastern city of Jinan, with Li shattering previous world records in the 53kg class by snatching 103kg, lifting 132kg in the clean and jerk and totalling 235kg, according to the Games website.

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