HANGZHOU, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) — China’s Li Fabin and Shen Lijun collected two golds in weightlifting on the Hangzhou Asian Games right here on Sunday.
Olympic and world champion Li lifted 143kg within the snatch and 167kg within the clear and jerk for a complete of 310kg within the males’s 61kg class.
“It was a narrow victory for me,” mentioned Li, including that he’ll summarize the competitors along with his coach in his preparations for the Paris Olympic Games.
Li outclassed Pak Myong Jin of DPR Korea by three kilograms, whereas fellow DPRK lifter Kim Chung Guk got here third with 298kg.
Shen, males’s 67kg gold medalist on the Tokyo Olympics, took gold within the class on the Asiad, lifting 150kg within the snatch and 180kg within the clear and jerk for a complete of 330kg.
“My next goal is to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games,” Shen mentioned.
The DPRK’s Ri Won Ju took the silver medal with 321kg in complete, whereas Lee Sang-yeon of South Korea completed third with 317kg.
The weightlifting competitors, with 14 gold medals up for grabs, will conclude on October 7.