In this weightlifting World Cup, the Chinese team is really alarmed.
In fact, some of the alerts that lost to the North Korean team before were not a big problem. Because the North Korean team could not participate in the Paris Olympics, they won, and we just lost the World Cup gold medal. However, on April 7, the final of the women's 71kg class was a real alarm from the 800-mile rush.
This match was previously generally believed to be a contest between China's Liao Guifang and North Korea's Song Guoxiang. Liao Guifang is the Olympic qualifier and 2023 world champion, while Song Guoxiang is the Hangzhou Asian Games champion and has beaten Liao Guifang twice in recent months.
Liao Guifang also competed against Song Guoxiang in the snatch competition.
Song Guoxiang lifted 115 kilograms, Liao Guifang lifted 115 kilograms, the second hand, Song Guoxiang failed 120 kilograms, Liao Guifang also failed 120 kilograms, and the third hand, Song Guoxiang failed 120 kilograms, Liao Guifang followed 120 kilograms failed.
However, it was only after the two failed to lift 120 kg in four attempts that the audience suddenly discovered that American Reeves succeeded in three snatches, the first 112 kg successful, the second 115 kg success, and the third 118 kg success. The snatch championship was actually taken away by the American player Reeves, who was killed halfway.
Of course, we, the Chinese audience, are not panicking at all. Reeves' clean and jerk opened 142 kilograms, but Song Guoxiang opened 146 kilograms, and Liao Guifang opened 149 kilograms. If we grab the debt, we can just pay it back.
However, the magical scene of the snatch was repeated in the jerk.
Song Guoxiang successfully lifted 146 kg in the first hand, and then failed to lift 154 kg in two attempts.
Similarly, after Liao Guifang lifted 149 kg in the second hand, the third one followed in the footsteps of Song Guoxiang again, and failed in the attempt to lift 154 kg.
Then I looked back and saw that it was Reeves, the American who had won all three attempts, winning the championship. She succeeded in the first 142 kg, the second 147 kg and the third 150 kg.
In this way, the sandpiper and the clam compete, and the fisherman profits. Song Guoxiang and Liao Guifang, who were dominating and eye-catching in front, fell down when they climbed the peak, and Reeves, the "dark horse" who was steady and steady and climbed up step by step, won three gold medals in the women's 71 kg class with a snatch of 118 kg, a clean and jerk of 150 kg, and a total score of 268 kg. Liao Guifang won the third place with a snatch of 115 kg, the second place in the clean and jerk of 149 kg, and the second place with a total score of 264 kg. North Korea's Song Guoxiang won the second place with a snatch of 115 kg (the first success), the clean and jerk of 146 kg won the third place, and the total score of 261 kg won the third place.
American Reeves didn't have a bright performance before last year, and today he won six attempts and six successes, winning three championships in one black end. And I have to admit that the total score of 268 kg already has the strength to win the gold medal in the Paris Olympics. In addition, her performance has improved by leaps and bounds in the past six months, and after this encouragement, more than 3 months later, Paris still does not know how many kilograms she can lift.
So far, the women's World Cup has ended 3 Olympic-level competitions, among them, Luo Shifang in the 59kg class won the championship by defeating 3 Olympic champions, and she should be able to go to the Olympics. Hou Zhihui and Jiang Huihua in the 49kg class lost to North Koreans, and neither of them will affect the victory in the Paris Olympics. Liao Guixiang, who is 71 kilograms, lost to a very strong American player, and that's the real trouble.
In this way, Liao Guifang's qualification for the Paris Olympics was suspended. As long as there are more stable players in the next 81kg and above 81kg Chinese teams, Liao Guifang will most likely lose the qualification for the Paris Olympics.
Next, let's look at the performance of Wang Zhouyu and Liang Xiaomei in the 81 kg class and Li Wenwen in the 87 kg and above class in the 87 kg class.