Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/13
By: Lee Chin-wei and Kay Liu
Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 12 (CNA) Taiwanese powerlifter Lin Tzu-hui (林資惠) won the country’s first medal
Powerlifter Lin Tzu-hui (left) and coach Chen Ying-te.
at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Monday, a bronze in the women’s under-79 kilogram group.
Lin, who was in fourth place after her second attempt of 125 kg, lifted 131 kg in her final try to win the bronze medal after the third-place holder, Perla Barcenas of Mexico, failed her third attempt.
“I’m very excited. I feel that winning the first medal for the national team is a really good start,” Lin said.
It is the fourth medal for the 34-year-old powerlifter, who is in Rio for her fifth Paralympic Games. She won gold medals in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008, and a bronze in London in 2012.
Nigerian Bose Omolayo won the gold medal in the group by lifting a world record of 138 kg, while the silver medal went to Xu Lili (徐麗麗) of China with 135 kg, both achieved in their second attempts. [FULL STORY]