Beijing time on June 12 news, the Chinese weightlifting team announced the Tokyo Olympic Games list, a total of 8 players, 36-year-old Lu Xiaojun participated in the Olympic Games for the third time, the youngest is 21-year-old Li Wenwen, this is her first time to participate in the Olympic Games, Rio Olympic champion Deng Wei was injured.
The eight members of the Chinese weightlifting team participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games are men's Li Fabin (61 kg), Chen Lijun (67 kg), Shi Zhiyong (73 kg), Lu Xiaojun (81 kg), women's Hou Zhihui (49 kg), Liao Qiuyun (55 kg), Wang Zhouyu (87 kg) and Li Wenwen (over 87 kg). Compared with the Rio squad, the Chinese team gave up the men's big class.
Among the 8 Olympians, the oldest is Lu Xiaojun, 36 years old, who has participated in the London and Rio Olympics, is the elder of the Three Dynasties, and is also the big brother of the Chinese weightlifting team; the youngest is Li Wenwen, who is only 21 years old this year, although she is young, But Li Wenwen has withstood the test of the World Series and has a big heart.
In addition to Lü Xiaojun, Chen Lijun, Shi Zhiyong and Hou Zhihui have participated in the Rio Olympic Games, and Although Li Fabin, Liao Qiuyun, Wang Zhouyu and Li Wenwen participated in the World Championships for the first time, they have proved themselves in the World Championships, are the top players in their level, and have the strength to impact the podium.
All eight Olympians competed at the Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in April, and all won gold medals with outstanding results. In the 61 kg class, Li Fabin won the championship with a snatch of 142 kg, a deadlift of 170 kg and a total of 312 kg.
Chen Lijun was equally remarkable in the men's 67 kg class, with a snatch of 153 kg, behind teammate Huang Minhao, but won the championship with a deadlift of 180 kg and a total of 333 kg. In the 73 kg category, Shi Zhiyong held the world record of 169 kg in the snatch, and the Asian Championship lifted 194 kg, with a total score of 363 kg.
In the men's 81 kg category, Li Dayin held the world record for 175 kg of snatchlift, but Lu Xiaojun's deadlift and overall results were world-class, and he pushed Li Dayin to qualify for the Olympics.
In the women's side, Hou Zhihui, Liao Qiuyun, Wang Zhouyu and Li Wenwen also successfully won the gold medal, especially Li Wenwen, who held three world records of 87 kg or more in the snatch (148 kg), deadlift (187 kg) and total (335 kg). From the perspective of strength, the 8 players of the Chinese team are all running for the gold medal.
It is worth mentioning that although Deng Wei participated in the Asian Championship in Tashkent with the team, she did not play due to physical reasons. After returning to China, Deng Wei's recovery speed was still not ideal, and in the end, she regretted not being on the Olympic list, and the Chinese team also gave up the women's 63rd class.
2012 London Olympic Games, the Chinese weightlifting team with 5 gold and 2 silver places to list the first place in the heavy medal list; Rio Olympic Games, the Chinese team is also 5 gold and 2 silver top of the list, this trip to Tokyo, China's weightlifters look forward to living up to the mission, creating another good result, for the Chinese Olympic delegation to win gold and silver.