SILVER MEDAL: Fellow Taiwanese Hsu Shu-ching had to withdraw from the under-53kg competition after injuring her elbow, but she still claimed second place in the snatch
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 02, 2017
By: Staff writer, with CNA, ANAHEIM, California
Taiwanese world record holder and Olympic medalist Kuo Hsing-chun on Thursday won
Taiwan’s Kuo Hsing-chun, center, Kuo’s coach Lin Ching-neng, left, and manager Yang Bao-lien on Thursday pose for a photograph after Kuo won two golds and a silver at the World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, California. Photo: CNA
two gold medals and a silver at the World Weightlifting Championships in Anaheim, California.
Competing in the women’s under-58kg weight class, the Taiwanese weightlifter of Amis descent did not quite match her form at the Universiade in August when she set the world record for the clean and jerk at 142kg, but then again she did not have to.
Kuo finished even with 2016 Olympic champion Sukanya Srisurat of Thailand in the snatch at 105kg, but ceded the gold to the Thai because of Sukanya’s lighter weight.
She then won gold in the clean and jerk with a lift of 135kg, topping her closest competitor by 9kg, to also capture the gold in the combined lift with a total of 240kg.
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