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Chinese lifter Wu breaks snatch Asian record at Guangzhou Asiad

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China's Wu Jingbiao competes during the Men's 56kg category competition of Weightlifting at the 16th Asian Games in Dongguan near Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 13, 2010. Wu Jingbiao claimed the title with a total of 285kg. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

World champion Wu Jingbiao of China wins the first weightlifting gold medal by breaking snatch Asian record at the Guangzhou Asiad on Saturday.

Wu snatched up 133kg in his second attempt to break the previous Asian record of 132kg, set by China's Long Qingquan at the Beijing Olympics. The 21-year-old lifter secured the gold medal with a total of 285kg after hoisting 152kg in the clean and jerk.

"It's very happy to break the Asian record," said Wu,"My next goal is to break the world records set by weightlifting legend Mutlu Halil of Turkey."

Mutlu holds all of the three world records, with 138kg in the snatch, 168kg in the clean and jerk and 305 in total. "It's extremely difficult for me to break his world records, but I will put it as a dream or an objective in my daily training," added Wu.

After collecting the snatch and total gold medals at the 2010 world championships last month, Wu reckoned that he was not in good condition as the training after the worlds was not systematical.

"Though I won the competition, the result was not satisfactory," said Wu, who met no challenge in the competition.

Cha Kum Chol from DPR Korea took silver with a total of 276kg, and Setiadi Jadi from Indonesia settled for bronze with 271kg.

Wu's victory unveiled China's campaign in the Asiad weightlifting. China collected 10 of the 15 gold medals on offer last time in Doha, and is expected to seek further success at Guangzhou.