It was supposed to be a case of “anything you can do, I can do better” on day seven of the Asian Championships here in Jinju, but it did not go quite to plan for Liu Huanhua. The Chinese lifter won yet another title for his all-conquering team but, unlike his team-mates Li Dayin and […]
Another three world records, another two playings of their national anthem and another European knocked off the top of the Paris rankings – all in a day’s work for Team China at the Asian Championships in Jinju (KOR). Li Dayin went up to the heaviest weight of his career, Tian Tao went down and both […]
Liao Guifang continued China’s dominance at the Asian Championships here in Jinju (KOR) by breaking two world records and moving to the top of the Paris 2024 rankings. In winning the women’s 71kg category by 29kg, Liao took Loredana Toma’s snatch world record and then overtook Zhang Wangli’s best total. Five lifts were enough for […]
Weightlifters from Japan and Mongolia took the medal events on day four of the Asian Championships in Jinju, where an 18-year-old became only the second woman from Iran to win a medal at this level. For the first time at these Championships a day went by without the playing of the Chinese anthem, although it […]
There is no stopping China at the Asian Championships, where for the third time in three days they had a 1-2 finish in an Olympic weight category – and for good measure they won the day’s non-Olympic class too. To underline their achievements, all six Chinese athletes concerned will now take the top two places […]