Chen Guiming of China competes during the women's weightlifting 59kg event at 2019 IWF World Cup &Qualification Event For 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Fuzhou, Southeast China's Fujian province, Feb 24, 2019. (Photo/Xinhua)
Chinese weightlifters Chen Guiming and Li Dayin established new world records to win gold medals of the women's 59kg and men's 81kg divisions respectively at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup in Fuzhou on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Chen won the first place of the clean and jerk (136kg) and the total (234kg) of women's 59kg division.
Chen, silver medalist of the World Championships last year, made a good start by the good lift of 98kg in the first attempt in the snatch, before failing on the following two attempts to challenge 102kg.
In the clean and jerk, Chen lifted up all the three attempts and the third lift of 136kg, breaking the world record of her own and added two more kilos to the record.
With the new record though, Chen seems not to be satisfied with her show. "I'm not feeling good about my snatch. There are lots of things to be improved. I lost two attempts and it is my weak point," said Chen.
"I'm a bit stronger in the clean and jerk. I made all the good lifts. I tried 4 more kilos to challenge 136kg, a new world record. I did not feel any pressure because I did it before in the training. And I'm expecting myself to do better to achieve new records in the future.
