Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat: Day 3

AKIPRESS.COM - Young lifters dominated the women's 63kg on day three of the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, with 2016 Junior World Champion Rim Um Sim (PRK) taking the Combined gold.

In the men's 69kg, 2013 Junior World Champion Albert Linder (KAZ) ran away with the title, Laurel international management said.Women's 63kgRim Un Sim (PRK) surprised herself with gold in the Combined women's 63kg, lifting a total of 237kg.

The 20-year-old reigning World Junior Champion swept all events, taking the Snatch with 106kg and the Clean and Jerk with 131kg. Defending champion Siripuch Gulnoi (THA) took home silver, lifting a total of 231kg.

She also took bronze in Snatch and silver in Clean and Jerk. Chiang Nien-Hsin (TPE) lifted the same total as Gulnoi, but had to settle for bronze because Gulnoi was the first to reach the 231kg mark.

19-year-old Chiang, Youth Olympic Champion in 2014, also collected separate bronze in the Snatch and silver in Clean and Jerk.Champion Rim was happy with her performance and impressed with the Ashgabat 2017 facilities: "I didn't expect to win all three medals because the opposition was stiff.

I tried my best and in the end I won."I don't know yet if I'll be back for the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Games in September, but from what I've seen so far, Ashgabat is a great city and the facilities fantastic.

I would like to thank the LOC and the citizens of Turkmenistan for their hospitality."Snatchtable cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1 width="71Gold width="74PRK width="229RIM Un Sim valign="top" width="34106 width="71Silver width="74THA width="229GULNOI Siripuch valign="top" width="34102 width="71Bronze width="74TPE width="229CHIANG Nien-Hsin valign="top" width="34101Clean and Jerktable cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1 width="71Gold width="74PRK width="229RIM Un Sim valign="top" width="34131 width="71Silver width="74TPE width="229CHIANG Nien-Hsin valign="top" width="34130 width="71Bronze width="74THA width="229GULNOI Siripuch valign="top" width="34129Combinedtable cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1 width="71Gold width="74PRK width="229RIM Un Sim valign="top" width="33237 width="71Silver width="74THA width="229GULNOI Siripuch valign="top" width="33231 width="71Bronze width="74TPE width="229CHIANG...