Russia's Kashirina sets snatch world record

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Russia's Tatiana Kashirina competes in the women's +75kg group A snatch weightlifting competition at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 5, 2012. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Aug. 6

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's Tatiana Kashirina set a world record in the Olympic weightlifting women's super heavyweight category on Sunday, completing a 151 kilogramme snatch lift that surpassed the previous record by three kgs.

She broke her own world record for the over-75 kilogramme category, set last year at the International Weightlifting Federation President's Cup.

(Reporting by William James, editing by Mark Meadows)

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