The Chinese 77 kg lifter from Guiyang just hit a very comfortable looking 190 kg squat jerk in training earlier this month. Gong’s new weight class is still unknown. Based on his height it would seem more realistic to see him drop to the 73 kg class, though he will have a hard time qualifying for major meets with athletes like Shi ZhiYong and Feng Lyudong already established.
Gong Xingbin is the 2010 Youth Olympic silver medalist in the 69 kg weight class where he went 130 / 160 / 293 kg, placing behind soon to be Olympic champion Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan.