Women’s Weighlifting -58 kg category 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018
18th Asian Games Jakarta
Palembang 2018
Chinese Taipei lifter Wins gold In Women’s
Weighlifting -58 kg category
In
Asian Games 2018
Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta
Chinese
Taipei female lifter Hsingchun Kuo won gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games,
women’s weighlifting -58 kg category at the JI Expo, Kemayoran, Jakarta, on
Thursday.
The
lifter managed to lift an overall 235 kilograms – 105 kg in snatch category and
130 kg in clean and jerk category.
The
silver medal was won by Thai lifter Sukanya Srisurat with a total lift of 226
kg – 103 kg from snatch category and 123 kg from clean and jerk.
Meanwhile,
the bronze medalist was Mikiko Andoh, a lifter from Japan with a total lift of
218 kg, 91 kg from snatch and 127 kg from clean and jerk.
The
Indonesian contingent represented by Lifter Acchedya Jagaddhita only ranked
fifth with a total lift of 208 kg, 83 kg from snatch and 115 kg from clean and
jerk.
Hsingchun
in her third attempt of clean and jerk tried to break the Asian Games record of
140 kg held by Chinese lifter Chen Yanoing and simultaneously the world record
of her own of 142 kg by trying to lift a 143-kilogram barbell. She failed, but
to the loud applause from the audience.
"Unfortunately,
she failed in her attempt to break both Asian Games and World records
here," said Putri, one of the spectators.
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