
Taiwan's Lin Tzu-chi broke two world records with her final lift to snatch gold away from China's Deng Wei in the women's 63kg at the Asian Games.
In another extraordinary afternoon at the Moonlight Gardens weightlifting arena in Incheon, world records were erased no less than four times as Lin and Deng fought out a titanic battle.
Lin took the lead with a clean and jerk lift of 143kg for a 259kg aggregate which smashed the old world record of 257kg set back in 2007.
Then Deng then strode out and hoisted a world record 144kg clean and jerk, to equal Lin's total and go into gold medal position by virtue of lower bodyweight.
Lin, with one lift remaining, somehow then hauled 145kg above her head to condemn Deng to silver and set more world records for both the clean and jerk and the combined (261kg) in the process.
Lin, the 2013 Asian champion, had started the competition as favourite with Deng, a world champion at 58kg last year, regarded as an unknown quantity at 63kg after stepping up in weight.
Deng put any doubts that she would prosper in bigger company to bed with a stunning series of lifts as the North Korean challenge for once fell short with Jo Pok-Hyang filling the last podium place way behind on on 247kg.
Source: AFP
GMT 21:55 2018 Monday ,22 January
Cristiano Ronaldo requires stitches after nasty head injuryGMT 19:47 2018 Sunday ,21 January
Fleetwood retains Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship titleGMT 09:48 2018 Sunday ,21 January
North Korea will send 22 athletes to Olympics in SouthGMT 23:44 2018 Saturday ,20 January
Impressive England beat Australia in second ODIGMT 23:25 2018 Saturday ,20 January
Borussia Dortmund deny contact with Arsenal for Pierre-Emerick AubameyangGMT 05:12 2018 Saturday ,20 January
Impressive England beat Australia in second ODIGMT 07:47 2018 Friday ,19 January
N. Korea prepares grand military parade on eve of OlympicsGMT 19:06 2018 Thursday ,18 January
Neymar scores four as Cavani matches Zlatan record

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor