The Paper's reporter Chen Jun
Like the diving team and the table tennis team, the Chinese weightlifting team is also a veritable "gold medal dream team".
At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Chinese weightlifting team won 8 gold medals in one go, becoming the second-highest team to contribute gold medals to the Chinese delegation in a single Olympic Games (the Beijing Olympic gymnastics team won 9 gold medals), and subsequently in the London and Rio Olympic Games, the Chinese weightlifting team won 5 gold medals.
At the Tokyo Olympics, will the Chinese Hercules remain strong or continue to surpass?
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At the Tokyo Olympics, China won 8 full seats in weightlifting.
The men's team consisted of Li Fabin (61 kg), Chen Lijun (67 kg), Shi Zhiyong (73 kg) and Lü Xiaojun (81 kg). The women's team is Hou Zhihui (49 kg), Liao Qiuyun (55 kg), Wang Zhouyu (87 kg) and Li Wenwen (over 87 kg).
The oldest member of the team is 37-year-old veteran Lu Xiaojun, and the youngest member is Li Wenwen, who is only 21 years old.
Hou Zhihui.
Judging from the schedule, on the first competition day on July 24, Hou Zhihui in the women's 49 kg category will take the lead, and this level will also produce the first gold medal in the Weightlifting Event of the Tokyo Olympic Games.
At the Asian Weightlifting Championships in April, Hou Zhihui broke two world records with a total of 96 kg of snatching and 213 kg, which can be said to be quite gold-bearing.
At that time, Hou Zhihui proudly said that "I enjoy the feeling of conquering barbells", and Wang Guoxin, deputy head coach of the women's national team, also said: "The 'little monkey' found his happiness when he first started practicing weightlifting. ”
It is worth mentioning that at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Hou Zhihui was originally selected for the squad, and he also followed the delegation to the Sao Paulo training camp, but due to a knee injury, he was temporarily replaced before the game...
Hou Zhihui Duzhi, who missed the Rio Olympics, returned to the king of Tokyo, and she currently has considerable dominance in the 49 kg category, and it is likely to win the first Olympic gold for the Chinese weightlifting team and even the Chinese delegation.
Li Fabin.
On July 25, Li Fabin and Chen Lijun of the Chinese men's weightlifting team will appear in the 61 kg and 67 kg categories respectively.
At the 2019 World Championships, Li Fabin won three championships with a snatch of 145 kg, a deadlift of 173 kg and a total of 318 kg, and broke two world records for total and grab.
In the men's 61 kg competition of the recent Asian Weightlifting Championships and Tokyo Olympic Qualification Tournament, Li Fabin won three gold medals in snatching, deadlifting and overall results, but he said after the game that he did not play at the best level, but he was full of confidence in the Tokyo Olympics.
In the 61 kg class, Li Fabin's biggest opponent is still Indonesia's veteran Iravan, who was a three-gold medalist at the 2018 World Championships and a world record holder at the time.
For Irawan, Li Fabin said: "I have absolute confidence to win him. Head coach Shao Guoqiang also believes that Li Fabin has the ability to win the Tokyo Olympics, "Fabin is at the best of his personal ability, and his age and success rate also have advantages over Irawan." ”
Chen Lijun.
Chen Lijun participated in the Rio Olympic Games 62 kg competition, when the team doctor and coach checked after the team doctor and coach checked to confirm that Chen Lijun could not stick to the game, he had no choice but to abstain from the competition.
After the game, Chen Lijun said with tears in an interview: "I'm sorry coach, sorry leader, sorry motherland." ”
This time, Chen Lijun fought again in Tokyo to make up for his regrets - he won the overall championship at the 2019 World Championships, and won two gold medals in the deadlift and the overall result at the 2021 Asian Championships. ”
Liao Qiuyun.
On July 26, the women's 55 kg class was played, and China's Liao Qiuyun will defend the honor of the Chinese weightlifting team at this level.
Liao Qiuyun is the winner of the world championships and the total result, and this year's Asian Championships won two gold medals in the deadlift and the total result, and the current world record for the deadlift in this level is still the 129 kg she lifted at the 2019 World Championships.
Liao Qiuyun of the 2020 National Championships was unable to participate due to injury, so the just-concluded Asian Championships is her long-lost second time on the stage of the competition. As the countdown to the Tokyo Olympics entered, Liao Qiuyun showed excellent competitive form.
Shi Zhiyong.
On July 28, the famous Shi Zhiyong will debut in the 73 kg class.
He won the 69 kg title in Rio four years ago – although in July 2019, the FIFA revised the weightlifting class for the Tokyo Olympics, Shi Zhiyong, who participated in the 73 kg class, still has dominance.
At the Asian Championships in Thailand in April this year, he staged the "Return of the King" without systematic training in the early stage, winning three gold medals again and breaking his own world record for snatching.
Looking forward to Tokyo, Shi Zhiyong said: "I will strive to win another Olympic gold medal, raise the national flag and play the national anthem at the stadium, and win glory for China and Ningbo!" ”
In the history of Chinese weightlifting, two players, men's Zhan Xugang and women's Chen Yanqing, have won gold medals in two consecutive Olympic Games, and now Shi Zhiyong is also attacking this goal.
Compared with five years ago, today's Shi Zhiyong is more mature, confident, and has a strong ability to control himself. For example, some small flaws left in training can be compensated for by his own control ability and experience in the game. Coach Tang Deshang is very optimistic about Shi Zhiyong.
Lu Xiaojun and daughter.
On July 31, 37-year-old "immortal warrior" Lu Xiaojun will attack the 81 kg champion.
As early as the London Olympic Games, Lu Xiaojun won the championship, and he ranked second in the Rio Olympics because of his weight, which made Lu Xiaojun, who was ready to retire after the game, regretful and determined to fight in Tokyo again, even if the Olympic Games were postponed by a year due to the impact of the epidemic.
In the European and American fitness circles, this elderly Chinese weightlifter has long become a popular idol because of his developed muscles and tenacious spirit.
At the Rio Olympics, Lu Xiaojun set a new world record with a score of 177 kg in the snatch race, laying a huge advantage of 12 kg ahead of second-place Kazakhstan's Rasimov into the deadlift competition.
In the deadlift competition, Lu Xiaojun lifted 202 kilograms in the third attempt, with a total score of 379 kilograms, equaling the Olympic record he set at the London Olympic Games.
However, Rasimov also lifted 202 kilograms in the first attempt at the deadlift, and in the second attempt he directly chose to offset the weight behind the 12 kilograms of grasping - 214 kilograms. After his success, although the overall result was the same as that of Lu Xiaojun, he finally won the gold medal because of his weight.
"Today, I am the oldest member of the national weightlifting team. The mission is on the shoulders, the struggle has me! When I stepped onto the tokyo Olympic games, I will definitely fight with all my strength, fight for the country, and strive for the gold medal! This message on social media represents Lu Xiaojun's current voice.
Wang Zhouyu.
On August 2, Wang Zhouyu (87 kg) and Li Wenwen (87 kg and above) will appear successively.
Wang Zhouyu in the 87 kg class cited a total of 286 kg at the National Championships in October 2020, which greatly refreshed his national record.
On April 25, 2021, wang Zhouyu won the gold medal in the women's 87 kg category of the Asian Weightlifting Championships again with 286 kg. "I used to think that the weight of 290 kilograms was a bit of a stretch, but now I think I can reach this level."
Wang Zhouyu said that her performance in training is still marginal compared to the total score of 286 kg, which means that she is worth looking forward to in Tokyo, and is also expected to hit the only so-called world record "international standard" of 294 kg that has not yet been reached by any player after the change of the level of the International Juju Federation.
Li Wenwen.
In the women's 87 kg or above class, Li Wenwen won three championships at the World Championships, the deadlift, the snatch and the overall result, and broke the two world records for the deadlift and the total result, which made all three world records in this category belong to Li Wenwen.
Born on March 5, 2000, the young man became China's first "post-00s" weightlifting world champion.
At the Asian Championships in April this year, Li Wenwen won the championship with 148 kg in the women's 87 kg and above category with a snatch of 148 kg, a deadlift of 187 kg, and a total of 335 kg, breaking the world record in all three events.
In this project, Li Wenwen has almost no opponent in Tokyo.
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