Chinese weightlifter Li Wenwen won gold in the women’s +87kg category at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Monday, breaking three Olympic records in the process.
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+87Kg Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: Li Won China’s Seventh Weightlifting Gold Medal
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Li won China’s seventh weightlifting gold medal, tying the record set by the Soviet Union in 1976.
In her first ever snatch effort, Li, who holds the world record in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total, called 130 kilogrammes. Already it has surpassed the previous record holder, the American Sarah Elizabeth Robles, who lifted 128 kilogrammes.
On her third effort, Li achieved a new Olympic record by lifting 140 kg, giving her a 12-kilogram lead over Robles.
Li’s dominance didn’t end there; in the clean and jerk portion of the competition, she lifted 180 kilogrammes, setting a new Olympic record, and a total of 320 kilogrammes, establishing a new Olympic record.
Li, the current world champion in her category, expressed her gratitude to her coach Wu Meijin, a silver medalist at the Athens 2004 Olympics, and said she had never dreamed of winning an Olympic gold medal.
Li remarked, “He has Tremendous Faith in Me at all Times.”
On Monday during the Tokyo Olympic Games, Chinese weightlifter Li Wenwen proved she was the best in the world at +87kg, breaking three Olympic records in the process.
Li, who holds the world record in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total, called 130 kilogrammes in her first snatch attempt. Competition has already been surpassed, with the next closest competitor, American Sarah Elizabeth Robles, only managing to lift 128kg. During her third effort, Li successfully lifted 140 kg, an Olympic record that now gives her a 12-kilogram lead over Robles.
With her Olympic record-setting performance in the clean and jerk, Li set a new standard for female athletes everywhere.
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Emily Jade Campbell of the United Kingdom came in second, 37 kg back. Robles earned bronze at 282 kg. Thanks for reading our article +87Kg Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
