Doha is my lucky place: Chinese Li Ping
3/12/2006 12:18
Li Ping of China regarded the city Doha as her lucky place as she has
already taken two gold medals from the 15th Asian Games yesterday, the first day
after the official opening of the Games.
"I like Doha, and it is my lucky
place to win gold medals," Li said excited while packing after the
competition.
The 18-year-old Li beat a field of strongwomen to win the women
's 53kg weightlifting gold medal at the Asiad on Saturday, after she shone in
the 2005 world championships in Doha by winning the gold.
"The worlds gold
medal and the Asian gold medal are both important to me, but what I want most is
one gold medal in the Beijing Olympics," Li added.
Li Ping snatched up 98kg
and lifted 126kg for a winning total of 224kg for the gold medal in
Doha.
"The result is not as good as I have expected. I still need time to
improve my technique. If I lifted like this in 2008, I would not win the Olympic
gold," Li said honestly.
"Li Ping is one of the most hard-working strongwomen
I have ever seen and she is very potential," said Ma Wenguang, president of the
Chinese Weightlifting Association.
"If her technique in weightlifting
improves, she would make a shot in the Beijing Olympics," he
added.
Xinhua
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