Beijing, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Rio Olympic runner-up Tian Tao won the gold medal in the men's 96 kg category with a total score of 386 kg on the 23rd local time.
Data chart: On December 11, 2019, at the Weightlifting World Cup, China's Tian Tao competed in the 96 kg deadlift. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ran
The Chinese team sent Tian Tao and Tian Fuxuan to participate in the "double insurance" on the same day, but because the latter "smashed the pot" in the deadlift competition, the overall championship competition was actually between Tian Tao, Rio Olympic champion Moladi and South Korea's Jiang Yinxue. The three began to "fight" from the grasp of the lift, each of the test weights are extremely close, 27-year-old Tian Tao with the second test of 175 kg temporarily led into the deadlift, the other two opponents only 1 kg difference followed.
The deadlift is Tian Tao's strong point, and the existing 231 kg deadlift world record was set by him in 2019. However, the performance of the three competitors in the deadlift link was not satisfactory, first Jiang Yinxue lifted 205 kilograms in three attempts, and he was not able to beat the weight of Tian Tao and Moladi, and quit the fight early. The latter two lifted 210 kg in the handlebar, and Tian Tao successfully lifted 211 kg in the second attempt of the deadlift, with a total score of 386 kg. World record holder Moradi, who grabbed and finished overall, drove 220 kilograms directly to try to shake off Tian Tao's entanglement, but failed in both attempts. After the gold medal was guaranteed, Tian Tao also gave up the last attempt.
In the end, the 32-year-old Moradi won the silver medal in the overall result with 384 kg, which is far from the world record of 416 kg he set in 2018. Jiang Yinxue won the bronze medal with an overall score of 379 kg.
The Asian Weightlifting Championships being held in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, are nearing the end, and as of the 23rd local time, the Chinese team has participated in 9 Olympic levels of competition, winning the overall championship of 8 of them. On the 24th local time, Kang Yue and Wang Zhouyu will participate in the women's 87 kg competition.
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