Hunan Daily, New Hunan Client Hangzhou, October 2 (Reporter Cai Yunyi, Chen Puzhuang, Photography Guo Liliang) The "mysterious master" has once again staged an amazing performance! In the women's 59kg weightlifting final of the Hangzhou Asian Games this afternoon, 20-year-old North Korean athlete Kim Il-kyung successfully lifted all six of his tests and won the championship with a total of 246kg, of which 111kg set a new world record. World champion and Guiyang girl Luo Shifang won the silver medal with 240 kg, while Chinese Taipei veteran Guo Wanchun took bronze.
Guiyang girl Luo Shifang in the competition.
This is the third gold medal won by the North Korean women's weightlifting in the past four years of international competition, breaking the sixth world record. The women's 59kg competition was preset as a PK battle between Luo Shifang and Kim Iljing, who established a 4kg lead in the snatch to show amazing strength and laid a good foundation for her eventual victory.
"I didn't expect her to have such a high result in the snatch, but as a Hunan girl, I just don't admit defeat, so I want to fight 140 kilograms in the last lift." After the game, Luo Shifang said that the World Championships and Asian Games continued to compete, and she had done her best to have the results of the day.
At the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships, which ended in September, Luo Shifang, 22, won three gold medals with a snatch of 107kg, a jerk of 136kg and a total of 243kg, and is the hope star of Chinese weightlifting in this class to impact the Paris Olympics.
Although the competition unfortunately won silver, the Guiyang girl bravely hit 140 kg in the last moment, which was applauded by the audience, and Wang Guoxin, the head coach of the Chinese women's weightlifting team, also gave a thumbs up as soon as Luo Shifang stepped off the weight platform. He said that Luo Shifang had lifted 140 kilograms in training, "Xiaofang is very tired from continuous fighting, and the last one she can challenge this weight that she has never lifted in a big competition is already very good!" ”
North Korea's Kim Il-kyung in the game.
As of press time, the North Korean women's weightlifting, which shocked the world as soon as she made a comeback, not only won the three gold medals in the Asian Games, but also broke the world record many times, which undoubtedly doubled the pressure on China's weightlifting. Wang Guoxin said: "The Chinese women's lifter has been greatly challenged, and so far I have not won a single gold medal. But you have to face it squarely, or improve yourself and train hard. ”
It is worth mentioning that as the Tokyo Olympic champion, Guo Wanchun, the bronze medalist in this competition, is also the creator of the world record in this category. The nearly 30-year-old veteran burst into tears after the game, and after entering the Paris cycle, Guo Wanchun was plagued by injuries and is still gradually recovering.