Chinese weightlifting team announces entry list for Paris Olympics
Tianjin strongmen look forward to breakthrough
Tianjin Daily (Reporter Liang Bin) The Weightlifting and Wrestling Center of the State Sports General Administration yesterday announced the national weightlifting team’s entry list for the Paris Olympics. The men’s and women’s teams have three members each. World Championships and World Cup men’s 102kg champion Liu Huanhua from Tianjin was successfully selected. The list also includes four Olympic champions Li Fabin, Shi Zhiyong, Hou Zhihui, Li Wenwen and emerging player Luo Shifang.
The specific list announced by the Chinese weightlifting team is: women’s 49kg competitor Hou Zhihui; women’s 59kg competitor Luo Shifang; women’s 81kg and above competitor Li Wenwen; men’s 61kg competitor Li Fabin; men’s 73kg competitor Shi Zhiyong; men’s 102kg competitor Super player Liu Huanhua. According to the weightlifting competition rules of the Paris Olympics, the full quota for each National Olympic Committee is 6 people, and each National Olympic Committee can only have one person at each level to participate in the Olympic qualification ranking.
At the Weightlifting World Cup held in Thailand in April this year, the Chinese weightlifting team won 11 golds, 9 silvers and 7 bronzes, and 4 people broke 5 world records. A total of 5 women and 4 men qualified for the Olympics. The World Cup is a qualifying event that all weightlifting athletes in the Paris Olympics must participate in, and is also an important team selection event for the Chinese weightlifting team.
At the World Cup, 22-year-old Liu Huanhua won two gold medals in the men’s 102kg clean and jerk and total score, and set two world records. This was the first time that the Chinese men’s team set a world record at this level. At last year’s World Weightlifting Championships, Liu Huanhua, who participated in cross-level competitions, won two gold medals and established a firm foothold on the weightlifting stage where there are many strong players. Liu Huanhua said: “I am in better shape now than I have recovered from any previous competition, and I am adjusting to be better for the Paris Olympics.” In the history of the Olympic Games, Chinese male athletes have never reached the highest weightlifting level of more than 100 kilograms. podium. Liu Huanhua said that many seniors have paved a way, hoping to become the first Olympic champion in major Chinese men’s weightlifting events.