Chinese weightlifting team wins gold and silver at Qatar Grand Prix-Sports-China Engineering Network

Original title: Chinese weightlifting team wins gold and silver at Qatar Grand Prix

China Sports News, Doha, December 10th Special Correspondent Yuan Xuejing reported: The 2023 IWF Qatar Grand Prix saw fierce competition last weekend. Chinese player Luo Shifang won all three gold medals in the Olympic-level women’s 59kg category and tied with a score of 247kg. Set a world record for total results at this level. Shi Zhiyong made his first official appearance in the international arena after winning the Tokyo Olympics, winning the Olympic-level men’s 73kg snatch gold medal and overall silver medal.

A total of 10 players participated in the women’s 59kg Group A final. Chinese player Luo Shifang’s main opponent was Hangzhou Asian Games champion and North Korean player Kim Il-kyung. Luo Shifang started the snatch lift with 103 kilograms, but unfortunately she failed in the attempt. She successfully lifted this weight the second time. In the third round, Luo Shifang conquered 108 kilograms and won the snatch gold medal. Kim Il Kyung lifted 107 kilograms in the snatch and won the silver medal. The competition for the clean and jerk gold medal is still between Luo Shifang and Jin Rijing. Both of them have a high success rate in their attempts. Jin Rijing successfully lifted 125, 130, and 136 kilograms. Luo Shifang conquered 130, 135, and 139 kilograms domineeringly. In the end, Luo Shifang won three gold medals with a total score of 247kg, tying the world record.

A total of 9 contestants participated in the men’s 73kg Group A finals. In the snatch, Shi Zhiyong started with a weight of 155kg and successfully lifted it. In the second time, he conquered another 160 kilograms and secured the snatch gold medal in advance. In the third round, Shi Zhiyong failed in his challenge of 163kg, but still had an advantage of 4kg ahead of the second place. Shi Zhiyong started with 180 kilograms in the clean and jerk. His clean was a little difficult, but he still struggled to lift the weight. In order to prevent aggravating his waist injury, Shi Zhiyong gave up the next two attempts, and finally won the runner-up in the total score with 340 kg. The overall championship went to Latvian player Su Halifus, who lifted 341 kilograms. The champion of this level at the Riyadh World Championships, Thailand’s Wichuma, won the clean and jerk gold medal and the total bronze medal.

Chinese players Chen Lijun, Tian Tao, Li Dayin, Pei Xinyi and others chose to complete the competition by only weighing and not performing any lifts due to adjustments in training rhythm. According to the relevant regulations of the International Weightlifting Federation, this is also counted as participating in an Olympic qualifying event.