Chiang Mai, Thailand - Oxana Slovenko (Russia) took a shot at breaking her own world record in the snatch tonight with 124 kg on her third attempt in the women's 69-kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships tonight.


Oxana Slivenko (Russia) on her way up with 156 kg in the women's 69-kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships tonight. This clean and jerk, along with her 120-kg snatch, gave Slivenko a new world record in the total. IronMind® | Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. photo.

Oxana missed the lift, but after the world record-holder in the total (275 kg), Liu Chunhong (China), missed the jerk on 155, in an attempt to break the world record in the total, Slivenko called for 156, in her own bid for the world record, and made a good lift.