Luo Shifang held the gold medal after the game
0 In the women's weightlifting 59kg final of the 14th National Games held on the afternoon of 17th, Hunan athlete Luo Shifang won the championship with a total score of 241kg, leading the runner-up by 10kg. After the game, she said that she hopes to compete with the Tokyo Olympic champion and Chinese Taipei player Guo Yuchun in the future. Before the
, 21-year-old Luo Shifang was regarded as the biggest favorite to win the championship. In the 2021 National Weightlifting Championships, she won the championship with a total score of 236 kilograms, and set a national record of snatching of 106 kilograms, as well as three national youth records: snatching, clean and jerk and total score. Although it has been in excellent shape this year, there are still episodes in the National Games finals that day. In the final of
, Luo Shifang was the last to play and started with a snatch of 105 kilograms, which was only 1 kilogram lighter than his national record, which was very risky. As expected, Luo Shifang failed in the first two trials, which made the audience feel worried. During the third try, Luo Shifang successfully lifted 105 kilograms amid the cheers of the audience, ranking first in the snatch. In the finals of
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clean and jerk competition, Luo Shifang successfully lifted 134 kilograms in the second move. At this time, her total score reached 239 kilograms, and she had locked the gold medal in advance. During the third test, she continued to lift 136 kilograms steadily, and the whole audience was in full bloom.
"Actually, I'm not very satisfied and I didn't perform at my best." When reviewing the game after the game, Luo Shifang said that he was also surprised that he failed the first two snatches. He was a little nervous and did not do his best. "I was a little panicked at that time, so I looked at my coach. The coach said to me in a very firm tone, 'No problem, you can lift it up.' I also felt that I could lift it up." When I appeared in the mixed-collection area after the game, Luo Shifang applied an ice bag on the bend of her left arm. She revealed that her old injury relapsed during the snatch of her left arm, but because she was too involved in the competition, she didn't react until the first try to lift the jerk. "This time, many old injuries recurred. I have had rhinitis in the past two days and I still have nosebleeds." In the
final, Shaanxi player Xiang Qiuxiang won the runner-up with a snatch of 100 kilograms and a 131 kilogram of clean and lifting, with a total score of 231 kilograms. Guangdong player Zhao Xiuyun and Xiang Qiuxiang have the same scores, but they won the third place because of their heavy weight. Luo Xiaomin, the runner-up of the 2021 Asian Championships and Chongqing player, performed poorly, with snatching 99 kilograms and 127 kilograms of clean and jerks, with a total score of 226 kilograms.
During the Tokyo Olympic cycle, women's weightlifting 59kg is the weak level of Chinese women's lifting. The world record for the total score of this level is currently 247 kg, maintained by Taipei athlete and Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Guo Yuchun. Luo Shifang said that during the Paris Olympic cycle, I hope she will get to the next level and compete with Guo Wuchun if she has the chance, "Don't be timid, just do it!"
"The National Games is the largest competition in China. I am very happy to win the gold medal. I will take it step by step in the future." Luo Shifang said that she just wants to go home to accompany her parents at the moment, after all, there is a month's holiday after the National Games.
text/Wang Peng
photography/Wang Peng
editing/Xu Zhao
