Weightlifting is the traditional advantage of Chinese sports, and at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese team participated in 8 people and won an impressive result of 7 gold and 1 silver, which can be called a dream team without compromise. However, the Chinese weightlifting team cannot replicate such a brilliant record at the Paris Olympic Games. The weightlifting events at the Paris Olympics have been officially determined, with 14 sub-events reduced to 10 and each team reduced from 8 to 6. This means that the Chinese team's next Olympic level 6 people will not be able to achieve the glory of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
There has been news that the Paris Olympics will reduce the weightlifting event, and now the International Lifting Federation has officially released the participation options for the Paris Olympic Games, and it has determined that each team can only have 6 participants. The Chinese weightlifting team suffered a targeted blow.
At the Paris Olympics, the men's class was determined to be 61 kg, 73 kg, 89 kg, 102 kg and over 102 kg. The women's class is determined to be 49 kg, 59 kg, 71 kg, 81 kg and over 81 kg.
The Chinese weightlifting team has been targeted, as has been the case since the beginning of the quota. Generally speaking, in other Olympic sports, at least 1 place can be allocated to each event, and even 2 places are allowed per event. Even in diving competitions, the Chinese team is the dream team, and there can be 2 Chinese players in the single event and one player in the double event.
When it comes to weightlifting, the number of participants is much less than in the competition. China is full of weightlifters, and in the past, the gold medal would use a double insurance strategy, with two players participating in the same level, but now this strategy has failed because the number of entries has been cut.
Let's take a look at the projects that have been cut this time, and the Chinese men's weightlifting team has suffered the hardest. The Chinese team has no advantage in the men's major category, and the 102 kg and 102 kg and above classes will not compete in the first place. However, the 81 kg class in which Lü Xiaojun participated and the 67 kg class in which Chen Lijun participated were cancelled.
Li Fabin's 61 kg class and Shi Zhiyong's 73 kg class still exist. Chen Lijun could only adjust its weight gain to participate in the 73 kg class. Lü Xiaojun can only gain weight to 89 kg, but Lü Xiaojun is already 37 years old, and he cannot gain weight significantly and maintain the world's top level. Lu Xiaojun is likely to retire from this.
The women's event Hou Zhihui's 49 kg class had no impact, Liao Qiuyun's 55 kg class was cancelled, she lost gold at the Tokyo Olympics because of light opponents, and could only gain weight to 59 kg at the Paris Olympics, but she may not have an advantage in the new class. Wang Zhouyu in the 87 kg class is a big hit, and she may need to lose weight to participate in the 81 kg class. Li Wenwen was not affected, she was originally competing in the 87 kg or over class, becoming more than 81 kg class, she could still participate.
There is no doubt that China's weightlifting has suffered a heavy blow, with only 6 places left, and the internal competition of the Chinese weightlifting team will become more intense during the Paris Olympic cycle.