Mirabai Chanu

North Korea’s Ri Song Gum delivered a historic performance at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Wednesday, winning the country’s first gold medal of the Games while setting three world records in the women’s 49kg weightlifting category. Ri Breaks Three World Records Ri produced a remarkable performance across both disciplines. She lifted 94kg in the snatch, surpassing the previous world record of 93kg by one kilogram. The North Korean lifter then broke the clean and jerk world record twice. She first lifted 116kg

Qatar hosted the 6th edition of the Qatar International Cup which started from 19th December and concluded on 23rd December 2019. Star Qatarian weightlifter Fares Ibrahim Hassouna won the gold medal in the 96 kg category on Sunday and booked his place in next year’s Tokyo Olympics Games. He topped the Men’s Robi Points table with a 907.344 mark as well. He came up with a notable performance to push the Rio Olympics gold medallist (85kg category), Kianoush Rostami of Iran to the