Meanwhile at the Rio 2016 Olympics …
25 year old Long Qingquan (56kg) just became a two time Olympic champion (after 2008)!
137kg Snatch + 170kg Clean & Jerk for a new World Record Total (breaking Mutlu’s)!
Om Yun Chol second with 134+169.
137kg Snatch Video
170kg Clean & Jerk Video
That was an amazing fight between those two. Can’t wait to see them again in Tokyo and hopefully without injuries as well. Om Yun Chol’s miss on C&J really cost him his chance but nevertheless amazing display. Disappointed in Kim Tuan Thach as he should have secured a total before going broke.
Made my day/week/month. I went ballistic when I saw Long’s 170. I was stoked when I saw him make 161/166 so easily. Never seen him lift so easily before. I thought Li Yajun might take gold but Long probably won’t. When I saw Li lose to a 212 total due to very stupid reasons, with Du Li losing the shooting gold to the US, and Sun Yang losing the 400 to the Aussie, I thought, wow, what a shhit year this is for Chinese athletes. This totally redeems it… for now…
On another note, does this make Om the only man to get beaten after clean and jerking over triple bodyweight? Haha