Xinhua News Agency, Fuzhou, February 27 (Reporter Liu Wei) in the last day of the 2019 weightlifting World Cup and 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games qualifier, the Rio Olympic champion Meng Suping defeated his old rival Russian star Kashina, she won the women’s 87kg champion with superior jerk and total score, and the Chinese team ended with 31 gold and 9 world records.
Women’s 87 kilograms compete fiercely with their superiors. In the world championships last year, Kashina refreshed three world records of snatch, clean and jerk and total score and won the championship. Meng Suping, a 30-year-old veteran, was the runner-up. In the snatch contest that day, kashlina, Meng Suping and China’s 19-year-old general Li Wenwen successfully tested 135 kilograms for the first time. The second one, Li Wenwen raised 142 kilograms, while Meng Suping used two chances to lift 140 kilograms. At last, Li Wenwen asked for 146 kilograms and chose to challenge the world record but failed. After lifting 140 kilograms, kashlina chose to level his world record (145 kilograms) and finally locked the snatch champion.
In the clean and jerk competition, Li Wenwen and kashlina both used two trials to lift 175 kilograms, and the last one raised 182 kilograms and 178 kilograms respectively. Meng Suping used the second 185kg of the Ping world record to lock the jerk and the total score champion, and finally tried to refresh the world record of 188kg, but failed. Li Wenwen gained three silver medals in snatch, clean and jerk and total score. Kashina won the snatch championship, ranking third in both clean and jerk and total score.
Meng Suping told reporters after the game that she had always wanted to win kashlina, but today her opponent was in a normal state and she was not brave enough to win. Chinese women weightlifting team coach Zhang Guozheng said: “Li Wenwen participated in the world competition for the first time. The back court was particularly nervous, and the first one was a little confused. She is still young and has great potential. Meng Suping is an old general, and Wen Wen took turns to impact Kashina. I saw kashlina seemed to be injured in the back court, and her waist reaction was a little big. Her strength was far above today. Winning the championship today does not explain the problem and cannot be complacent.”
In the women’s 87kg class competition, 22-year-old young general AO Hui, who won the snatch and total score champion in the world championships last year, won the snatch championship with 115kg, 150kg and 265kg, clean and Jerk and runner-up in total. North Korea’s 30-year-old Jane Zhu won the gold medal of snatch silver medal, clean and jerk and total score with 112 kilograms, 154 kilograms and 266 kilograms.
In the men’s 109kg class and 109kg with superior competition, Chinese players all used five trial lifts to sweep and win the championship. Yang Zhe, a 28-year-old player who gained a silver medal of 109kg in the world championships last year, won three championships with a snatch of 193kg, a clean and jerk of 215kg and a total score of 408kg. AI Yunan won the gold medal with 183kg, 230kg and 413kg in the snatch, clean and jerk of the superior.