Qinhuangdao, China – At the Chinese National Weightlifting Championships last week, Ding Meinyuan set a new standard for anyone who wants to call herself the strongest woman in the world, as she snatched 135 kg and cleaned and jerked 172.5 kg!

And serving notice that the Chinese weightlifting team now has a world-class men's superheavyweight as well, 23-year old Han Wen Liang did 197.5/250, becoming the first Chinese lifter to clean and jerk 250 kg. Neither Ding nor Han will compete at the Asian Weightlifting Championships, but both might be at this year's World Weightlifting Championships in Vancouver, Canada.