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China dominating W63kg

ZHOU Xiaojing (CHN) missed her second attempt at 105kg and it seemed that HUANG Ting (CHN) can win the Snatch Gold, but raising the bar to 106kg she won over her Chinese compatriot.

Interesting to note that except for ZHOU and HUANG, all the athletes in the Women’s 63kg missed their third attempt.

The Clean and Jerk competition was more then tense as ZHOU and HUANG kept fighting for the Gold. Both athletes showed huge superiority over the other athletes competing.

ZHOU Xiaojing missed her last attempt at 134kg so it was all or nothing for HUANG who had to make her third attempt a good lift.

With 6 successful attempts, HUANG Ting, 2015 Youth World Champion and 2016 Asian Junior Champion won the Gold for her Total of 239kg.

All three Bronze Medals went to different athletes! The Snatch was awarded to LLAMOSA MOSQUERA Nathalia (COL) while DURAN AYON Ana Lilia (MEX) took the one in the Clean and Jerk. As for the Total, HULPAN Florina-Sorina (ROU) 4th place in the Snatch and 5th in the Gold got it with 213kg.