--- title: "North Korean weightlifter sets three world records at Asian Games" description: "Most outlets led with the athlete's achievement of setting three world records and winning a gold medal in the women’s 49-kilogram category. BOL News added context about the medal being North Korea’s first at the Asian Games and described the athlete shedding tears of joy, while The Express Tribune focused more narrowly on the records and result." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/10206-north-korea-weightlifter-sets-three-world-records-for-asian site: HarZaviya language: en --- # North Korean weightlifter sets three world records at Asian Games sports · updated 24 Sep 2026, 6:11 AM PKT · 23–24 Sep 2026 · 4 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the achievement of the North Korean weightlifter setting three world records and winning gold in the women’s 49kg category. BOL News added context about the athlete’s emotional reaction and noted this was North Korea’s first gold medal of the Asian Games. ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 24 Sep 2026 — North Korea weightlifter sets three world records for Asian Games gold (1 outlet) - **Daily Times** — [North Korea weightlifter sets three world records for Asian Games gold](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1557555/north-korea-weightlifter-sets-three-world-records-for-asian-games-gold/) · 24 Sep 2026, 6:11 AM PKT > North Korea’s Ri Song Gum gave her country their first gold of the Asian Games on Wednesday in style, setting three world records in the women’s 49kg class in Nagoya. In the process she joined an elite club of just four weightlifters who have won three Asian Games gold medals. Ri hauled 94kg above her […] ### 23 Sep 2026 — North Korean weightlifter sets three world records at Asian Games (2 outlets) > Most outlets led with the athlete's achievement of setting three world records and winning a gold medal in the women’s 49-kilogram category. BOL News added context about the medal being North Korea’s first at the Asian Games and described the athlete shedding tears of joy, while The Express Tribune focused more narrowly on the records and result. - **BOL News** — [North Korea weightlifter sets three world records for Asian Games gold](https://www.bolnews.com/sports/north-korea-weightlifter-sets-three-world-records-for-asian-games-gold) · 23 Sep 2026, 5:47 PM PKT > North Korean weightlifter Ri Song Gum won her country’s first gold medal at the Asian Games on Wednesday, setting three world records in the women’s 49-kilogram category in Nagoya and shedding tears of joy. - **The Express Tribune** — [North Korea weightlifter sets three world records for Asian Games gold](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2630960/north-korea-weightlifter-sets-three-world-records-for-asian-games-gold) · 23 Sep 2026, 6:49 AM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing > Ri wins gold with a record-breaking 215kg total in the 49kg class 4 articles from 3 outlets, 23–24 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.