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Song Kuk-hyang vs Xiang Yanmei
Song Kuk-hyang and Xiang Yanmei, compared on every result on this site. Song Kuk-hyang's best total is 276 kg (women's 71 kg, 2025); Xiang Yanmei's is 271 kg (women's 69 kg, 2013). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Song Kuk-hyang is ahead by 1.7 points. They never met in the same class.
Song Kuk-hyang and Xiang Yanmei side by side
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 |  Song Kuk-hyang |
 Xiang Yanmei |
|---|---|---|
| Nation | North Korea | China |
| Born | 2001 | 1992 |
| Competitions | 13, 2017 to 2026 | 8, 2009 to 2016 |
| Olympic medals | None | 1 gold |
| World Championships medals | 3 gold | 2 gold, 1 silver |
| Best snatch | 122 kg | 123 kg |
| Best clean and jerk | 155 kg | 150 kg |
| Best total | 276 kg (women's 71 kg, 2025) | 271 kg (women's 69 kg, 2013) |
| Best Sinclair score | 340.4 | 338.6 |
| Best total, place in its class | 1st of 451 in the women's 71 kg | 5th of 812 in the women's 69 kg |
| Snatch attempts made | 56% (18 of 32) | 83% (20 of 24) |
| Clean and jerk attempts made | 81% (21 of 26) | 75% (18 of 24) |
| Snatch as a share of clean and jerk | 78% | 83% |
| World records held now | snatch 122 kg, clean and jerk 153 kg, total 275 kg (69 kg) | None |
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.
Song Kuk-hyang vs Xiang Yanmei head to head
Song Kuk-hyang and Xiang Yanmei never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2017 to 2026 for Song Kuk-hyang and 2009 to 2016 for Xiang Yanmei, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.
Song Kuk-hyang and Xiang Yanmei, competition by competition
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.
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Lifters whose best totals came in nearby classes, from any year.