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Liu sets 2 records, wins 3 golds

(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-09-24 13:55

BANGKOK -?China's Liu Haixia set two world records on her way to winning
all three gold medals in the women's 63kg class at the world
weightlifting championships yesterday.

Liu Haixia of China lifts the bar to win the gold medal in the women's
63kg snatch at the world weightlifting championships in Chiang Mai
September 23, 2007. [Reuters]

Liu set a new mark of 142kg in the clean and jerk and lifted 115kg in the
snatch to set an overall world record of 257kg and take all three gold
medals in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

The 26-year-old, who won the 58kg gold at last year's world
championships, wiped out two of the three records held by Thailand's
Pawina Thongsuk by 1kg, beating overall silver medallist Svetlana
Tsarukaeva of Russia by 7kg.

Her effort in the snatch was 1kg shy of the record held by world, Olympic
and Asian champion Pawina, who withdrew from the competition citing poor
fitness and university commitments.

Liu became the second lifter to break a world record at this week's
competition after Andrei Rybakov of Belarus set a new mark in the men's
85kg snatch on Saturday.

Liu's three golds took China's tally to 17 from the 27 handed out so far.

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