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World Weightlifting Championships 2019 – W87

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This group had an out-and-out favourite in Wang Zhouyu (CHN), who planned to open nearly ten kilos heavier than her nearest competitor on snatch. Assuming she delivered, the other medals would likely be contested by Kim Un Ju (PRK), Maria Valdes Paris (CHI) and Naryury Perez Reveron (VEN).

Snatches turned out pretty much as expected. All of the main contenders hit their openers and second attempts but missed their third. Even had they gone 3/3, none of the other lifters would have matched the 120 that Wang Zhouyu (CHN) made on her second attempt. Kim Un Ju (PRK) took silver unopposed with 115 but there was a South American battle for bronze between Naryury Perez Reveron (VEN), Tamara Salazar Arce (ECU) and Maria Valdes Paris (CHI). The Venezuelan came through with her 110 after the others missed 111.

There was a nasty-looking injury for Lo Ying-Yuan (TPE) who hurt her elbow attempting 109. She was taken to hospital with suspected ligament damage.

On clean and jerks, the South American battle for bronze medals was resumed. This time, Tamara Salazar Arce (ECU) came out best, hitting 144 to claim both clean and jerk and total medals.

Kim Un Ju (PRK) needed to go big if she wanted to catch Wang Zhouyu (CHN) in the total. She opened last, on 148 and waited to see what Wang, who hit 147 on her opener, would do on her second attempt.

A successful 153 for Wang made it look hard for Kim to make up the deficit from snatch. It looked like she would have to settle for fighting for the clean and jerk gold. She hit 154 to put her in position to take advantage if the Chinese lifter missed her last attempt.

Wang took 158, looking to put the total beyond doubt. After a successful lift, her 278 total seemed unassailable. Kim was left to try 159 to take clean and jerk gold. It was too much for her, leaving Wang with a clean sweep of the gold medals.

Medals

SnatchClean and JerkTotal
GoldWang Zhouyu (CHN) – 120Wang Zhouyu (CHN) – 158Wang Zhouyu (CHN) – 278
SilverKim Un Ju (PRK) – 115Kim Un Ju (PRK) – 154Kim Un Ju (PRK) – 269
BronzeNaryury Perez Reveron (VEN) – 110Tamara Salazar Arce (ECU) – 144Tamara Salazar Arce (ECU) – 252

A Group Results

NameNationSn 1Sn 2Sn 3C+J 1C+J 2C+J 3Total
1WANG ZhouyuCHN116120x125147153158278
2KIM Un JuPRK110115x117148154x159269
3SALAZAR ARCE Tamara YajairaECU105108x111140144x147252
4PEREZ REVERON Naryury AlexandraVEN107110x111135140x143250
5VALDES PARIS Maria FernandaCHI97x102x102138143240
6SHIMAMOTO MamiJPN100x103x103x122x122122222
7FISCHER SarahAUT97x102x102x125125x130222
8BOYNUEGRI TugceTUR9598101115x118x118216
9DAVRONOVA DoleraUZBx90x9090120x124x124210
10LO Ying-YuanTPE101106x109

A Group Start List

NAMENATIONENTRY
KIM Un JuPRK270
WANG ZhouyuCHN260
SALAZAR ARCE Tamara YajairaECU255
PEREZ REVERON Naryury AlexandraVEN252
VALDES PARIS Maria FernandaCHI250
FISCHER SarahAUT241
LO Ying-YuanTPE240
SHIMAMOTO MamiJPN240
BOYNUEGRI TugceTUR230
DAVRONOVA DoleraUZB230

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