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Weightlifting: Jang sets +75kg world record

Jang Miran of South Korea set a new world record in the women's weightlifting +75kg class with a snatch lift of 140kg at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday.

Updated on: Aug 16, 2008, 18:01:22 IST
AFP | By , Beijing
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Jang Miran of South Korea set a new world record in the women's weightlifting +75kg class with a snatch lift of 140kg at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday.

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It erased the previous record of 139kg set by Mu Shuangshuang of China at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.

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