PARIS — China’s Li Fabin retained the 61kg Olympic weightlifting title with a dominant efficiency and whole carry of 310kg on the Paris Video games on Wednesday, arising simply brief in a bid to interrupt his personal world file.
The three-time world champion led off with an Olympic file carry of 143kg along with his third try within the snatch and all however assured himself of gold when he hoisted 167kg in his second try on the clear and jerk.
Theerapong Silachai of Thailand took a shock silver medal in an exciting end after lifting a formidable 171kg within the clear and jerk for a complete of 303.
Hampton Morris, 20, gave the USA its first weightlifting medal in 4 a long time. He completed third for bronze with a complete of 298 after failing in his final try at 178kg within the clear and jerk, a carry that might have bettered the world file of 176kg he set in Phuket, Thailand in April.
Morris nailed his first try within the snatch at 122kg and transformed on his third and ultimate carry at 126kg.
Fabin’s third try within the clear was 172kg, which might have damaged the full world mark of 318kg he set on the 2019 world championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
The 31-year-old acquired the bar onto his chest however, regardless of stretching each sinew, his proper leg buckled when he tried to boost it over his head and he needed to let it drop to the mat.
Man Carlton gained bronze within the 1984 Video games in Los Angeles, the final time the US medaled within the occasion. Morris is the youngest male weightlifting medalist since 1956.
Eko Irawan, a four-time Olympic medalist, was one of many 5 rivals who ended with DNFs.
The competitors began after a half-hour delay at a packed Paris Expo divided evenly between noisy Chinese language and American followers.
–Reuters, Particular to Discipline Degree Media
