Markov sets
69 kg snatch record of 165.0 kg. He beat the previous record of
162.5 kg set by Galabin Boevski of Bulgaria in November 1999 in
Athens.
Yang
Xia (China)
Women's
Weightlifting 53kg Category
China's Yang
Xia set the women's weightlifting 53-kg category snatch world record
with a lift of 100 kilograms at the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney
Monday.
Cai
Yalin (China)
Men's
10-metre Air Rifle
Cai (696.4 points)
qualified first for the final with a strong 594.0, and then blitzed
the field to win by 1.3.
Chen
Xiaomin (China)
Women's
Weightlifting 63kg Category
Chen tied the
record of 242 1/2 pounds by Lei Li of China in May 1999 with the
second of her three lifts. She then broke the record with her third
lift.
