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Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat: Day 3

AKIPRESS.COM - Young lifters dominated the women’s 63kg on day three of the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, with 2016 Junior World Champion Rim Um Sim (PRK) taking the Combined gold. In the men’s 69kg, 2013 Junior World Champion Albert Linder (KAZ) ran away with the title, Laurel international management said.

Women’s 63kg

Rim Un Sim (PRK) surprised herself with gold in the Combined women’s 63kg, lifting a total of 237kg. The 20-year-old reigning World Junior Champion swept all events, taking the Snatch with 106kg and the Clean & Jerk with 131kg. Defending champion Siripuch Gulnoi (THA) took home silver, lifting a total of 231kg. She also took bronze in Snatch and silver in Clean & Jerk. Chiang Nien-Hsin (TPE) lifted the same total as Gulnoi, but had to settle for bronze because Gulnoi was the first to reach the 231kg mark. 19-year-old Chiang, Youth Olympic Champion in 2014, also collected separate bronze in the Snatch and silver in Clean & Jerk.

Champion Rim was happy with her performance and impressed with the Ashgabat 2017 facilities: “I didn’t expect to win all three medals because the opposition was stiff. I tried my best and in the end I won.

“I don’t know yet if I’ll be back for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Games in September, but from what I’ve seen so far, Ashgabat is a great city and the facilities fantastic. I would like to thank the LOC and the citizens of Turkmenistan for their hospitality.”

Snatch

Gold           

PRK

RIM Un Sim

106

Silver

THA

GULNOI Siripuch

102

Bronze

TPE

CHIANG Nien-Hsin

101

Clean & Jerk

Gold           

PRK

RIM Un Sim

131

Silver

TPE

CHIANG Nien-Hsin

130

Bronze

THA

GULNOI Siripuch

129

Combined

Gold           

PRK

RIM Un Sim

237

Silver

THA

GULNOI Siripuch

231

Bronze

TPE

CHIANG Nien-Hsin

231

Men’s 69kg

Albert Linder (KAZ) not only showed physical strength to win the Combined men’s 69kg title, but mental toughness too. After finishing second in the Snatch event, the 21-year-old 2013 World Junior Champion raised his entry weight in the Clean & Jerk event to the limit of his opponents’ powers by entering the competition at 178kg. Linder eventually lifted 187kg to take Clean & Jerk gold and collect a total of 335kg for the Combined title.

O Khang Chol (PRK), who took bronze in the Snatch event, attempted to lift 187kg before Linder, but was unable to complete the lift. The 23-year-old lifter from the People’s Republic of Korea did take the Combined silver with 331kg. Feng Lvdong (CHN) took bronze with 325 after having won the Snatch event by a seven-kilogram margin.

Champion Linder was full of confidence: “I was well prepared for these Championships, unlike last year that’s why I missed Olympic qualification. Today I played the odds in the Clean & Jerk because I felt strong enough and confident I could win.”

Snatch

Gold           

CHN

FENG Lvdong

155

Silver

KAZ

LINDER Albert

148

Bronze

PRK

O Khang Chol

148

Clean & Jerk

Gold           

KAZ

LINDER Albert

187

Silver

PRK

O Khang Chol

183

Bronze

UZB

YOKUBOV Doston

177

Combined

Gold           

KAZ

LINDER Albert

335

Silver

PRK

O Khang Chol

331

Bronze

CHN

FENG Lvdong

325

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