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DPRK Prove Successful at Asian Junior Weightlifting
Pyongyang, April 18 (KCNA) -- DPRK weightlifters proved successful at the 12th Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships.

The DPRK players carried off 8 gold medals and 4 silver medals at the championships which brought together more than 300 weightlifters from 31 countries and regions including China and Kazakhstan.

Kim Kuk Hyang and Kim Su Jong came first in snatch and jerk in women's 69 and over and 69 kg categories, thus placing first in total and bagging three gold medals each.

Kim Kuk Hyang, in particular, set two new Asian Junior records.

Kim Song Chol came second in snatch and first in jerk in men's 62 kg category, thus placing first in total and gaining two gold medals and one silver medal. And Yun Han Min placed second in snatch and jerk in men's 50 kg category, thereby coming second in total and carrying off three silver medals.

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