Saturday, August 16, 2008

Mighty Jang is planet's strongest woman in Olympics

South Korea's Jang Miran was crowned the strongest woman on the planet on Saturday when she won +75kg weightlifting gold, breaking three world records on the way.

World champion Jang, a silver medallist in Athens four years ago, started with a new snatch world record of 140kg, breaking the previous mark of China's Mu Shuangshuang by a kilogram.

The 24-year-old then raised the clean and jerk record to 186kg, four kg more than the old record held by China's Tang Gonghong, for a new record total of 326kg, compared to Mu's former record best of 319kg.

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