Kuo reminisced at that very moment; she thought her athletic career was over.
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/03/01
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Taiwanese Olympic weightlifting bronze medalist Kuo Hsing-chun (郭婞淳) said in an
Taiwanese Olympic weightlifting bronze medalist Kuo Hsing-chun said that she is confident that she will get best results from Taipei Universiade
interview last week that she is confident that she will get best results from Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade as she has been training for a series of competitions in the lead-up to the big event in August.
Kuo, who also won gold medals of the World Weightlifting Championships and Summer Universiade in Kazan in 2013, told Taipei Broadcasting Station that weightlifting is more than just lifting the barbells as seen on TV as it requires the skill of self assistance to safely lift weight several times the lifter’s body weight.
Kuo, who is a student of Ju Jen Catholic University, said she was in track and field and basketball teams when she was a junior high student, but her coach spotted her explosiveness and suggested that she switch to weightlifting, which turned out to be a good move because she had been getting better weightlifting results than she expected. And that’s how she stumbled into the world of weightlifting, she said. [FULL STORY]
