Today (September 16), the weightlifting competition of the 14th National Games continued to be held at the Weinan Sports Center Gymnasium. In the women's 49 kg competition that just ended in the afternoon, Hou Zhihui, the gold medalist of the Tokyo Olympic Games and Hunan athletes, successfully won the gold medal with a result of 96 kg in the snatch, 118 kg in the deadlift and a total of 214 kg; Jiang Huihua, the champion of the 2019 World Championships and Guangxi, was 1 kg behind and won the silver medal; and another Hunan athlete Wang Jiali won the bronze medal.
In the weightlifting women's 49 kg final of the National Games, Hou Zhihui passionately celebrated according to Visual China
In today's "immortal fight", Hou Zhihui's griplift weighed only 89 kilograms, ranking only fifth among all the contestants, but she maintained a 100% success rate, ending with 96 kilograms after the grab, 1 kilogram ahead of Jiang Huihua and Wang Jiali behind her. In the deadlift competition, Hou Zhihui's 111 kg opening handle weight was 2 kg behind Jiang Huihua, and she took the lead in the third to end all her races with a result of 118 kg, but after Jiang Huihua lifted 118 kg in the second, the last one still had the opportunity to win gold; but in the end, the 120 kg trial failed, and Jiang Huihua locked a silver medal.
Hou Zhihui successfully won the gold
Hou Zhihui's overall performance today was outstanding, with a 96 kg grab result equaling the world record she set in April this year; the total 214 kg broke her own world record of 213 kg in Tashkent! At the award ceremony after the game, the audience in the stands enthusiastically shouted Hou Zhihui's name, and the "little monkey" who stood on the highest podium with the coach also waved excitedly to thank the audience who supported them.
After the game, Hou Zhihui was asked at the press conference how it was different from participating in the Olympic Games in china, hou Zhihui said: "Competing in China is more practical, more secure, and all kinds of guarantees are particularly good." Then she said: "The determination to win in Tokyo is particularly strong, and you must 'do' someone else!" ”
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