Kuo wins women's 59kg weightlifting gold at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Kuo Hsing-Chun of Chinese Taipei won the women's weightlifting 59kg gold medal with a total of 236kg, breaking three Olympic records down the stretch at Tokyo 2020 here on Tuesday.

Kuo, the world champion in 2018 and 2019, came into the clean and jerk competition with a seven-kilo buffer in the snatch. After jerking 125kg in her first attempt, she had already won the gold medal with a