China's Zhou sets clean and jerk world record, wins gold

[September 26, 2014]  INCHEON South Korea (Reuters) - Chinese weightlifter Zhou Lulu set a clean and jerk world record of 192 kilograms to win gold in the women's +75kg category at the Asian Games on Friday.

Zhou added 2kg to Russian Tatiana Kashirna's previous mark set last year in Poland.

The London Olympic Games champion also hoisted 142kg in the snatch component to record an overall lift of 334kg.

Kazakhstan's Mariya Grabovetskaya took the silver with a total lift of 302kg while Thailand's Chitchanok Pulsabsakul lifted 292kg for the bronze at the Moonlight Festival Garden Weightlifting Venue.

(Reporting by Peter Rutherford; Editing by John O'Brien)

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