Original title: China’s weightlifting team won 11 gold medals and the Olympic lineup is basically confirmed
Yangcheng Evening News reporter Lu Hang
On the evening of April 10, in the women’s 87kg and above competition at the Phuket Weightlifting World Cup in Thailand, Chinese team player Li Wenwen won the championship with an absolute advantage, winning three gold medals in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total score in the women’s 87kg and above competition. So far, the Chinese weightlifting team has completed all competitions in this Weightlifting World Cup, winning a total of 11 golds, 9 silvers and 7 bronzes, and 4 of them (Li Fabin, Liu Huanhua, Hou Zhihui, Luo Shifang) broke 5 world records.
The World Weightlifting World Cup in Phuket, Thailand will be held from March 31 to April 11. According to International Weightlifting Federation regulations, athletes must participate in the World Cup in Thailand if they want to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Therefore, the Chinese weightlifting team sent all its main members to this competition and signed up for a total of 5 levels of events for men and women.
At the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, the Chinese weightlifting team won 7 gold medals and topped the gold medal and medal lists. Entering the Paris Olympic cycle, the Chinese weightlifting team has completed the replacement of old and new at some levels. The men’s team’s Shi Zhiyong, Li Fabin, Li Dayin, and Liu Huanhua, and the women’s team’s Li Wenwen, Wang Zhouyu, Jiang Suihua, and Liao Guifang have become the main players preparing for the Paris Olympics. Since the International Olympic Committee and the International Weightlifting Federation have reduced the levels of weightlifting events in the Paris Olympics, the Chinese team has to adjust its training and preparation plans and strive to select the strongest lineup to appear in Paris.
At the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Bogota, Colombia, the Chinese team achieved multiple achievements at the men’s and women’s levels. Many main players won gold medals in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total score, and broke world records. At last season’s Asian Championships in Jinju, South Korea, the Chinese weightlifting team achieved excellent results with 27 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 3 bronze medals, taking the lead in the gold medal and medal lists. However, at the Hangzhou Asian Games held last year, the Chinese women’s team was strongly impacted by the North Korean women’s team and lost to the North Korean team in the women’s 49 kg, women’s 55 kg, women’s 59 kg and women’s 64 kg categories. However, the North Korean weightlifting team was unable to participate in the Paris Olympics due to a failure to participate in a sufficient number of Olympic qualifying events.
As the Chinese weightlifting team ends its World Cup journey, the Paris Olympics lineup has been basically determined. The Chinese men’s weightlifting team won a total of 5 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals in this World Cup, breaking 3 world records. Li Fabin in the 61kg category and Liu Huanhua in the 102kg category are basically locked in Olympic qualifications. Another spot may be between Shi Zhiyong in the 73kg category and Li Dayin in the 89kg category. Although the Chinese women’s weightlifting team won 6 gold medals, 8 silver medals and 5 bronze medals in this World Cup, only Li Wenwen among the 8 contestants won 3 gold medals in the snatch, clean and jerk and total scores. Looking forward to the Paris competition, the Chinese women’s weightlifting team has the potential to reach gold in the 49kg category (Hou Zhihui) and the 87kg and above category (Li Wenwen). In the 59kg category, Luo Shifang won 2 golds and 1 silver, and her total score also broke the world record. She has great hopes of qualifying for another Paris Olympics.
2024-04-13 06:57:00
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