Li Dayin, born 12th Feb 1998, is a Chinese 81 kg weightlifter. at just 21 years of age Li Dayin has already shown himself to be leading the race in the competitive 81 kg class for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. His debut senior world championships in 2018 was sensational, in which he took home 3 medals including the gold medal clean and jerk and all three junior world records. He snatched 168 kg and clean and jerked 204 kg. Months later at the 2019 IWF World Cup Dayin went on to snatch 171 kg and equal his best of 204 kg in the clean and jerk for a senior world record 375 kg total. At the 2018 Autumn nationals Li Dayin snatched 171 kg also and clean and jerked 201 kg.
Two days before becoming a three-time world champion, Olympic Champion Shi Zhiyong (73 CHN) hit a session in the training hall comprised of heavy snatch pulls and snatch deadlifts, up to 230kg. One platform over was teammate Li Dayin (81 CHN) who completed clean and jerks, front squats, and snatches. By Robi points, these to …
The 49th ‘Challenge 210’ takes place next week in Tramelan, Switzerland, October 24-27th. This competition is a bronze tier qualifying event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and acts as one of the six necessary competitions that can fulfill qualification. Amongst those on the start list for this competition are China’s A-team, a team that comprises …
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Li Dayin headed into the continental championships month of April with the most Robi points of any other man at 2,258. It made sense that his performance here at the Asian Championships was highly anticipated. At the 2018 World Championships Li made 168/204/372 kg for 1,140.22 Robi points (Gold tier) At the IWF World Cup …
The 21 year old Li Dayin just beat teammate Lu Xiaojun’s world record total of 374 kg by a kilo with a 171 / 204 / 375 kg performance at the 2019 IWF World Cup. The young Dayin set a new junior world record in the snatch, furthering his own record by 3 kg, before …
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Below is the complete list of results from the 2019 IWF World Cup in Fuzhou China (Feb 22 – 27). This was a silver tier qualification event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games meaning that that it offered a 5% Robi point bonus to athletes who competed. Silver level competitions include Cups, Games, and Regional …