London, England – China's Lu Xiaojun set two world records Wednesday to win gold in the men's 77-kilogram weightlifting competition, while countryman Lu Haojie took silver.
Lu Xiaojun owned the world records for both the snatch and the total, and broke them both. He lifted 175kg in the snatch to set a new mark, then raised the bar in the total with a mark of 379kg.
Lu Haojie finished with a total of 360kg, while Cuban Ivan Cambar Rodriguez took bronze with a total of 349kg.
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