It's still China's show in weightlifting
4/12/2006 16:15
Chinese won all the weightlifting gold medals on offer for the second
consecutive day at the Asian Games.
After the second day's competition, China
bagged all six golds while Thailand followed with three silvers and one bronze.
Vietnam took the third with one silver in men's 56kg.
Athens Olympic gold
medallist Chen Yanqing shocked Asia as she broke three world records en route to
winning the women's 58kg class gold medal with a total of 251kg.
Chen, 27,
snatched 111kg in her third attempt to thrash the world record of 110kg, set by
her compatriot Wang Li in 2003.
Chen sustained her momentum in her last
attempt when she jerked 140kg to break the world of the kind by one kilogram,
thus also raising the world record of the total to 251kg, nine kilograms more
than the original mark set by Chinese Gu Wei in the 2005 worlds.
Veteran
Wandee Kameaim of Thailand, met severe challenge from dark horse Pak Hyon Suk of
DPR Korea. Both hoisted 224kg, but Kameaim took the silver due to the bodyweight
advantage.
"The Asian Games are the second largest sports meeting in the
world. In my heart, the Olympics and the Asiad are both important to me. I told
myself to be brilliant in Doha, and I did it," she added.
In men's 69kg
division, Olympic champion Zhang Guozheng was successful with his final clean
and jerk attempt to claim a dramatic gold.
Zhang, 32-year-old, lifted 184kg
on his third attempt to take his total to 336k, one kilogram better than his
compatriot Shi Zhiyong, silver medallist in 62kg class in Athens.
Kim Sun Bae
of South Korea took bronze on a total of 307kg.
"I haven't competed in any
events for almost one year because of family issues, so winning gold medal in
the Asiad is great encouragement for me," Zhang told the press.
"I am still a
rookie in 69kg division and I have performed my best. Zhang is more powerful
than I and I think I should learn from him," Shi said.
Reigning world
champion Qiu Le was poised to thrash his competitors, winning the 62kg-category
gold medal with a total of 317kg .
Qiu's compatriot Mao Jiao, 21, took the
silver at 315kg and Im Yong Su of DPR Korea lifted a total of 300kg for the
bronze.
"Our plan was to secure one gold. Because Mao and I lifted much more
than others in the competition, so both of us tried our best to win the gold,"
Qiu said.
Xinhua News
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