(14 May 1997) Natural Sound
For the third straight day at the East Asian Games in Pusan South Korea, a Chinese weightlifter broke a world record. Zou Feie snatched 100 kilograms (220-pounds) to set the new mark.
But hosts South Korea found its dominance on the Greco/Roman wrestling mat, taking 5 of 8 golds.
China's Zou Feie became the latest mainland weightlifter to set a world record at East Asian Games, when she snatched 100 kilos to take gold in the women's 59-kilogram class.
The Chinese dominance in the weightlifting event, where they set world records for three consecutive days, was broken by South Korean Lee Kang-seok, who's clean and jerk of 180 kilograms was enough to take the gold in the men's 76-kilo class.
On the mats of the Greco/ roman wrestling arena, the hosts South Koreans are dominant, winning five of eight golds
In the 54-kilogram class, South Korea's Ha Tae-yeon, in red, took on Nourym Dioussenov of Kazakhstan, with Ha outpointing Dioussenov for the gold. Bronze in the 54-kilogram class went to Liao Weidong of China.
In the 63 kilogram class, it was another matchup of Kazakh and Korean as Kim Kyung-jung took on the blue-clad Yuri Melnichenko.
The match headed into an overtime, where Melnichenko of Kazakstan prevailed, winning one of only three golds not taken by the Koreans. Japan took the other two in the 76 and 97 kilogram classes. Mongolia also saw its first medal of the Games in the Greco event, taking a silver at 85 kilos.
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