Men’s silver, men’s bronze after four years of international competition
Not enough points to go to Paris
North Korean women’s weightlifter Kang Hyun-kyung
3 new world records all by herself North Korean weightlifter Kang Hyun-kyung tries to lift 103 kg
during the third round of the women’s 55 kg weightlifting competition at the Hangzhou Asian
Games on March 30. Kang won the gold medal by setting world records in the lift (103 kg), snatch (130 kg) and total (233 kg).
A gold medal, a world record.
After a four-year absence from international competition, North Korea’s weightlifting team has
been dominating at the Hangzhou Asian Games. It’s been four years since the 2019 World
Championships in Pattaya, Thailand, where North Korea finished second overall (two golds, four
silvers, three bronzes). The country closed its borders in the wake of the novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic and did not participate in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The country was
suspended from international competition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but the
ban was lifted this year. However, North Korea also missed the Asian Weightlifting
Championships in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, in May and the World Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September.
North Korea started off the Asian Games with a bang on the first day of weightlifting
competition on March 30, when Ri Sung-gyum, competing in the women’s 49kg category, lifted
92kg in the lift, 124kg in the snatch and 216kg in the total to give the North Korean team its first
gold medal. Her lifts and total were world records. Later in the day, Kang Hyun-kyong came out
on top in the women’s 55kg category, setting new world records in the lift (103kg), jerk (130kg)
and total (233kg). The silver medal in this category went to North Korea’s Ri Su-yeon, who lifted a total of 222 kilograms.
The North Korean women’s weightlifting gold medal streak
Continued on Day 2. 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games gold medalist Lim Eun-sim won her
second straight title in the 64kg category with a lift of 111kg, a snatch of 140kg and a total of
251kg. Lim is the younger sister of North Korean women’s weightlifting icon Lim Jeong Shim.
She won back-to-back Olympic gold medals in London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016. Two days
earlier, Kim Il Kyong won gold in the women’s 59 kg category with a lift of 111 kg, a snatch of
135 kg and a total of 246 kg. The lifts were world records. The 20-year-old was competing in
her first international competition. North Korean women’s weightlifting had won gold in all four
weight classes and set six world records. Three more gold medals remain in the women’s
weightlifting category (76kg, 87kg, and over 87kg).
In men’s weightlifting
North Korea has won two silver and one bronze medal as of Day 2. On Day 1, Park Myong Jin won silver and Kim Chong Guk won bronze in the men’s 61 kg category. Later in the day, Ri Won Ju won the silver medal in the 67kg category. Despite North Korean weightlifting’s dominance at the Asian Games, the team will not be competing at next year’s Paris Olympics. North Korea’s weightlifters have not earned enough ranking points to qualify for the Olympics after missing various international competitions last year and this year. 카지노사이트존