Chinese weightlifter sets new world record

Chinese weightlifter Long Qingquan set a world record in the 56-kilogram category at the Rio Olympics, lifting a total of 307 kilograms to win the Gold.
•    Qingquan broke Halil Mutlu's world record of 305 kilograms, set at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. 
•    Long joined defending champion Om Yun Chol as one of seven men to have lifted thrice their bodyweight.
•    The 25-year-old – who previously won gold at the Beijing Games in 2008 – took first prize from reigning Olympic champion Om Yun-Chol of North Korea, who lifted 303 kg.
•    The Chinese weightlifter has broken a record that had previously stood for 16 years.
•    Long Qingquan is a Chinese weightlifter. He is a twice Olympic champion in the 56 kg weight division.
•    Long qualified for the 56 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he won a gold medal in the 56 kg weightlifting. 
•    He achieved two junior world records on his way to winning the gold in the men's weightlifting 56 kg category