Related News
2 world marks as Chen topples Kim
Print Edition
CHINA’S Chen Lijun set a double world record on Sunday to win the 62-kilogram weightlifting world title, toppling defending champion Kim Un Guk.
Chen was assured of the gold medal with a lift to spare when North Korea’s Kim failed to make 179kg in the clean and jerk at the world championships in Houston, Texas.
Kim, the 2012 Olympic and 2014 world champion, finished 4kg short of his world record with a total of 328kg.
Chen, 22, who also beat Kim at the 2013 world championships, went for a final attempt at 183kg. He made it to set a world mark for clean and jerk and for a total lift of 333kg.
“I give him my special congratulations,” the 27-year-old Kim said, while Chen was already looking ahead to the 2016 Rio Olympics, saying it would be his dream to break the record again there.
Kim and Chen are likely to be pressed in Rio by Azerbaijan’s Valentin Hristov, who finished third in the snatch, clean and jerk and total.
In the women’s 53kg, Hsu Shu-ching of Chinese Taipei won gold with her final lift, relegating Chen Xiaoting to silver.
China’s Chen led by 5kg after the snatch but appeared to be in trouble after missing her first two attempts at 120kg in the clean and jerk. Chen made her third attempt and Hsu, who holds the world record for total lift of 233kg, had to lift 125kg to win on body weight after both totalled 221.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
