People's Daily affirmed! China's 23-year-old star reversed to win the championship + broke the world record, fighting until his forearm cramped
With just over three months to go, the race for Olympic qualification for all competitions has already entered the white-hot stage. Among them, weightlifting, a traditional Chinese advantage, athletes at all levels are also attacking Paris. In the women's 59kg weightlifting World Cup competition held in Phuket, Thailand, Chinese player Luo Shifang won two gold medals in the clean and jerk and the overall score, and broke the world record to win the championship.
It was the most important qualifying event on the eve of the Paris Olympics, and the line-up for the competition was very luxurious. Luo Shifang, last year's world champion, has two of her strongest rivals, North Korea's Kim Il-kyung, who won the Asian Games in Hangzhou, and Chinese Taipei's Guo Qianchun, who is the Tokyo Olympic champion. In addition, there is the 19-year-old rising star of the Chinese team, Pei Xinyi.
In the snatch stage, Luo Shifang successfully lifted 103kg in the first hand, then failed to hit 108kg in the second, while North Korea's Kim Il-kyung successfully lifted 108kg in the second. Although Luo Shifang also lifted 108 kg in the third, according to the rules, Kim Il Jing lifted 108 kg first, and she beat Luo Shifang to win the gold medal in the snatch.
However, when it came to Luo Shifang's advantageous jerk, Luo Shifang did not give her opponent any chance. In the first place, Luo Shifang successfully lifted 133 kilograms, and in one fell swoop, she was at the bottom of the championship foundation. The second Luo Shifang set the goal directly at 140 kilograms, aiming for the world record, but unfortunately failed in the snatch. The third Luo Shifang hit 140 kg again and finally succeeded, so that Luo Shifang's total score was 248 kg, breaking Guo Qichun's world record of 247 kg. After winning the record, Luo Shifang did not celebrate, she covered her cramped forearm with a painful expression. It can be seen that she is really desperate.
In fact, the competition of the Chinese weightlifting team is somewhat similar to that of Chinese table tennis, and to a certain extent, the competition within the team is more fierce than the competition in the international arena. As long as you get a direct place in the team to Paris, you have already succeeded 80% on the way to the Olympic championship. Although there is no explicit rule that winning the World Cup will lead directly to Paris, there is no doubt that Luo Shifang has won the opportunity, which may be the reason why she has to break the world record even if she fights to cramp in her forearm.
The People's Daily Sports officially reported the news, and brought the topic of Luo Shifang breaking the world record to win 2 golds and 1 silver. In fact, the official report of the People's Daily is the greatest recognition of Luo Shifang.
As we all know, the commercialization of weightlifting is almost zero, and few people pay attention to it on weekdays, and only when the Olympic Games and Asian Games win the championship, there will be some coverage. However, for that gold medal, the athletes have paid unimaginable hardships on weekdays, and their bodies are overloaded, challenging the limit again and again, which is really distressing. I hope that the efforts of the athletes of the Chinese weightlifting team will not be disappointed, and I also hope that they will one day be able to stand on the highest podium and realize their ideals.