China's Lijun Chen celebrates after breaking the clean and jerk and overall world records in the men's 62 kilogram category ©Getty Images

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Chen's final clean and jerk lift was 183kg, surpassing the 182kg set by compatriot Maosheng Le at the 2002 Asian Games ©Getty Images

North Korea's Un Guk Kim won the men's 62kg snatch but had to settle for second place in the overall standings ©Getty Images

Azerbaijan's Valentin Hristov came third in the men's 62kg snatch, clean and jerk and overall ©Getty Images

Chen stands atop the men's 62kg overall podium ©Getty Images

Chinese Taipei's Shu-Ching Hsu totalled 221kg to take the women's 53kg title on a body weight tiebreaker ©Getty Images

China’s Xiaoting Chen missed out on the women's 53kg overall title by the smallest of margins but could take solace from snatch gold ©Getty Images

The Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz came third in the women's 53kg snatch and clean and jerk, giving her an overall bronze medal-winning total of 213kg ©Getty Images

The women's 53kg overall medallists take their places on the podium ©Getty Images

But the day belonged to double world record breaker Chen ©Getty Images