Olympic champion Liu Chunhong confirmed her supremacy in the women's 75kg by beating strong opponents of Russia to win the gold medal with a world-record-breaking lift at the World Weightlifting Championships on Sunday in Doha.

European Champion Natalia Zabolotnaya of Russia and her compatriot Svetlana Podobedova challenged Liu from the very beginning of the competition, but the 20-year-old strongwoman showed her calmness to hoist 126kg in the snatch, 4kg less than Podobedova's and jerked 159kg, 4kg more than the Russians.

Both having a total result of 285kg, Liu won the gold medal due to the body weight advantage.

"My right shoulder was injured in the training last month. I just told myself to go all out in competing with the Russian girls," Liu said.

"I did not feel nervous when they challenged me, but I did feel the pressure having arrived here. I competed in the National Games in October, and I was tired after that competition. I was afraid that I would not have a good result here,"she added.

Liu also smashed the jerk world records and levelled the world record of the total at 285kg, which was made by Podobedova in her sixth attempt Sunday.

"I am not fearing pressure. When you think of less, you can lift a good result. And I am quite satisfied with my snatch, which was my best result. I did jerk 159kg in training, but it was the first time that I lifted 159kg in the competition," Liu added

Zabolotnaya, at the same age with Liu, beat the world mark in the snatch twice, with her last attempt in the snatch reaching 130kg.

Svetlana Podobedova followed Zabolotnaya at 279kg for the bronze.

Source: Xinhua