Hsu Shu-ching vs Ri Sŏng-gŭm

Career figures from every result on this site. Where one figure is better, it is in bold. The figures are explained under the table.

Figure	Hsu Shu-ching	Ri Sŏng-gŭm
Nation	Chinese Taipei	North Korea
Born	1991	1997
Competitions	18, 2008 to 2017	19, 2014 to 2026
Olympic medals	2 gold	None
World Championships medals	1 gold, 1 silver	3 gold, 1 bronze
Best snatch	101 kg	97 kg
Best clean and jerk	132 kg	125 kg
Best total	233 kg (women's 53 kg, 2014)	221 kg (women's 49 kg, 2024)
Best Sinclair score	339.9	338.7
Best total, place in its class	1st of 761 in the women's 53 kg	1st of 309 in the women's 49 kg
Snatch attempts made	65% (35 of 54)	63% (32 of 51)
Clean and jerk attempts made	72% (36 of 50)	68% (34 of 50)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	77%	78%
World records held now	None	snatch 94 kg, clean and jerk 121 kg, total 215 kg (49 kg)

How to read these figures

• Sinclair score. The total scaled for bodyweight with the IWF's 2025 to 2028 coefficients, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Women and men have separate formulas.
• Place in its class. Where the best total stands among every lifter with a total in that class on this site, on the IWF class list in force at the time.
• Attempts made. The share of all snatch or clean and jerk attempts the lifter made. At senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998, lifters make 58% of snatches and 56% of clean and jerks.
• Snatch as a share of clean and jerk. The snatch divided by the clean and jerk at the best total. It describes the shape of a lifter, not strength, so it is not in bold; eight in ten women lifting in national federation meets sit between 70% and 85%.
• World records held now. Records on the IWF class list in force since 1 August 2026. A record set in a class that list retired does not carry over, so a past record holder can show none.

Hsu Shu-ching and Ri Sŏng-gŭm never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2008 to 2017 for Hsu Shu-ching and 2014 to 2026 for Ri Sŏng-gŭm, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.

The Sinclair score at each competition: the total scaled for bodyweight, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Competitions that ended without a total or a bodyweight have no point.

Lifters whose best totals came in nearby classes, from any year.

• Nearby class Hsu Shu-ching vs Hou Zhihui
• Nearby class Hsu Shu-ching vs Chen Yanqing
• Nearby class Hsu Shu-ching vs Hidilyn Diaz
• Nearby class Hsu Shu-ching vs Kuo Hsing-chun
• Nearby class Ri Sŏng-gŭm vs Hou Zhihui
• Nearby class Ri Sŏng-gŭm vs Wang Mingjuan