The Chinese weightlifting team announced the Olympic list, and the famous Deng Wei was defeated due to injury

In the men's 81 kg category of the Asian Championships, Lu Xiaojun won the championship. Photo: Xinhua News Agency

Beijing News (chief reporter Sun Haiguang) The Chinese weightlifting team announced the list of participants in the Tokyo Olympic Games yesterday, with Olympic champions Lu Xiaojun and Shi Zhiyong leading the Chinese team's 8-person roster, and the famous Deng Wei was defeated due to injury.

According to the eligibility of the Tokyo Olympic weightlifting project, each association has a maximum of 4 levels of men and women at the full capacity. As early as 2019, the Lifting and Wrestling Center of the State General Administration of Sport formulated the "Measures for the Selection of Athletes participating in the Weightlifting Event tokyo Olympic Games", with Wu Shude, China's first weightlifting world champion, as the leader of the selection working group.

As a traditional strong team, the Chinese team won 8 full seats for 4 men and 4 men early. After fully considering the situation of major international opponents, the training level of athletes, the performance of the competition, the success rate, the experience and psychology of the competition, the weight and injury and other factors, the Chinese weightlifting team finally determined the list of 8 participants.

For the men's team, the Chinese team sent Li Fabin (61 kg), Chen Lijun (67 kg), Shi Zhiyong (73 kg) and Lü Xiaojun (81 kg). In terms of women's teams, they are Hou Zhihui (49 kg), Liao Qiuyun (55 kg), Wang Zhouyu (87 kg) and Li Wenwen (87 kg or more), all of whom have no Olympic experience.

These 8 levels can be described as the dominant projects of the Chinese team, and the 8 players who played were all champions of this year's Asian Championship. According to the Schedule of the Tokyo Olympics, the women's 49 kg class will be played on the first competition day, and Hou Zhihui is expected to hit the first gold of the Chinese delegation.

The only surprise on this list is the failure of Rio Olympic champion and women's 64 kg three-event world record holder Deng Wei. In the national team internal test at the end of March, Deng Wei only participated in the snatch competition, and could not participate in the deadlift competition due to injury. At the Asian Championships in April this year, Deng Wei only participated in the weighing ceremony, and then withdrew due to a waist injury, and her body was slow to fully recover.

The Chinese weightlifting team said that due to the restriction of 8 participants in the Tokyo Olympic Games, some outstanding athletes of the Chinese team regretted not being selected, "As the outstanding athletes of the Tokyo Olympic cycle of the Chinese weightlifting team, they stubbornly fought until the last moment in the preparation process, and hereby also pay tribute to them and send their blessings." ”

Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang

Edited by Wang Chunqiu Proofreader Zhao Lin