Ri Tune-gum wins North Korea’s first gold on the video games whereas Chanu lastly clinches elusive Asian Video games medal in Japan.
Revealed On 23 Sep 2026
North Korean weightlifter Ri Tune Gum has damaged three world information en path to successful gold within the girls’s 49kg (108lbs) competitors, which noticed India’s Mirabai Chanu win an elusive Asian Video games medal by ending second.
Ri gave North Korea its first gold of the video games in Nagoya, Japan, on Wednesday, becoming a member of an elite membership of 4 weightlifters who’ve gained three Asian Video games gold medals.
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The 28-year-old hauled 94kg above her head within the opening snatch self-discipline – the primary official phase of the competitors the place athletes raise a barbell from the ground to an overhead place in a single movement. The raise was 1kg heavier than the earlier world report of 93kg.
Ri adopted it up by breaking the world report twice within the 115kg clear and jerk – a two-part motion the place a barbell is lifted from the ground to the shoulders after which pushed overhead. The 4ft-7in (139.7cm) weightlifter hoisted 116kg and 121kg above her head.
Ri’s complete raise of 215kg obliterated the previous world report complete by 7kg.
She is the fourth lifter, and first lady, to win three Asian Video games weightlifting golds and joined Iran’s Mohammad Nassiri (1966-74), South Korea’s Kim Tae-hyun (1990-98) and Iran’s Behdad Salimi (2010-18), who all gained three gold medals. No athlete has gained 4 weightlifting gold medals.
In the identical class, India’s Chanu lastly gained an Asian Video games medal on the third time of asking. She gained a silver medal on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
The 32-year-old is India’s most adorned weightlifter, with three Commonwealth gold medals and a silver to her title, together with a number of world titles.
She lifted a complete of 198kg after a snatch of 87kg and a clear and jerk of 111kg, whereas Indonesia’s Diana Tri Wijayana took bronze with a complete of 191kg, comprising 88kg and 103kg.
Chanu’s silver additionally ended India’s 28-year look forward to a weightlifting medal on the video games since Karnam Malleswari gained silver in 1998.
