North Korea weightlifter sets three world records for Asian Games gold
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What happened
North Korea's Ri Song Gum gave her country their first gold of the Asian Games on Wednesday in style, setting three world records in the women's 49kg class in Nagoya. Ri became only the fourth lifter, and first woman, to win three Asian Games weightlifting golds.
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