At the World Weightlifting Championships, Jang Yeon-hak of the men’s 109kg class stood on the podium for the first time in his life.
Jang Yeon-hak lifted 182kg in snatch, 217kg in clean and jerk, and 399kg in total in the men’s 102kg class competition at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Jang Yeon-hak, who placed third in the snatch and clean and jerk, took second place in the all-important total.
At the Olympics and Asian Games, medals are awarded based solely on total records, but at the World Championships, medals are awarded for both snatch, clean and jerk, and total records.
Jang Yeon-hak won one silver medal and two bronze medals.
Jang Yeon-hak, who received only disappointing results at the World Championships, including 10th place in 2018, 9th place in 2019, and disqualification in 2021 and 2022, shook off the bad luck in Riyadh.
Jang Yeon-hak, the silver medalist in the men’s 85kg class at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, will attempt to win a medal for the second time in a row at the Hangzhou Asian Games, which opens on September 23.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, the 102kg class is not an official event, so Jang Yeon-hak will compete in the 109kg class.
Yauheny Tsikhantsov, who took first place in the snatch with 183 kg, stayed in 9th place in the clean and jerk with 211 kg, while Jang Yeon-hak, who took 3rd place in both the snatch and clean and jerk, beat Chakantsov (394 kg) in the total.
Chikantsov, a Belarusian national, participated in this competition as an ‘Individual Qualified Athlete’ (AIN).
The International Weightlifting Federation conditionally approved athletes from Russia, which invaded Ukraine, and Belarus, a partner country, to participate in the world championships, classifying them as ‘AIN’ status, which prevents them from using their country’s flag and national anthem.카지노사이트
Russia protested against this and did not participate in this tournament, and Belarus sent out 10 players.
In this weight class, Ryu Hwan-hwa (China) won with a total weight of 404 kg.
Ryu Hwan-hwa finished fourth in her snatch at 180kg, but she pulled off a comeback by succeeding at 224kg in the clean and jerk.
Kim Soo-hyun, Korean women’s national weightlifting representative
Kim Soo-hyun (Busan City Sports Council) ranked second in the women’s 76kg class, but missed the medal by 1kg in the total.
Kim Soo-hyun succeeded in snatching 106kg and took second place after Sarah Ahmed (Egypt), who lifted 109kg.
But in the clean and jerk she only weighed 133 kg, which pushed her to fourth place, and she also finished fourth in the total (239 kg).
(Photo = International Weightlifting Federation website capture, provided by Korea Weightlifting Federation, Yonhap News)