Yang Zhe 

Chinese record holder Yang Zhe lifted 200 kg in Snatch, resulting in new world and Asian records on the penultimate day featuring the 109 kg category for men at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from April 17 to 25. This event is a Gold Level competition for the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo. Participating athletes are trying to gather valuable points to add to their final ranking for the games.

Yang, 30, born in Liaoning Province, was fourth in the 105 kg category at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. He upgraded the best Olympic result of fifth place obtained by Chinese athletes since the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. In 2017, Yang won the men's 105 kg category at the 13th National Games.

This is the first time that the name of a Chinese men's weightlifting athlete has appeared on the World Records list of the International Weightlifting Federation, for 109 kg, the second highest bodyweight category.