The 29th Summer Universiade in Tapei, Taiwan is officially underway and records are being broken!  

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Kuo Hsing-Chun (58kg, Taiwan) snatched 107kg/235lb and clean and jerked 142kg/312lb for a new World Record, winning gold across the board!

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Kim Myong Hyok (69kg, North Korea) snatched 153kg/337lb, taking gold in snatch.  He clean and jerked 178kg/392lb, finishing up with a 331kg total. This total won him silver overall.  

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Rim Un Sim (63kg, North Korea) won gold across the board. She snatched 106kg/233lb and clean and jerked 130kg/286lb for a 236kg total! This was a 10kg difference between Un Sim and Tima Turieva (RUS) who won silver.

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Andranik Karapetyan (85, ARM) won gold in the snatch with his 170kg/374lb lift. He won silver overall with his 364kg total.

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