North Korean weightlifter Om Yun Chol sets world record
ByReuters
Updated 20/09/2014 at 12:41 GMT
North Korean weightlifter Om Yun Chol broke his own clean and jerk world record on Saturday.
It came on his way to winning his country's first gold medal of the Asian Games in Incheon.
Om, who won a gold medal at the London Olympics, raised 170 kilograms to better his old record by 1kg in the men's 56kg class.
He earlier lifted 128kg in the snatch for a combined total of 298kg.
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