Wando County Office Weightlifting Team Wins 4 Medals at National Sports Festival

Player I Yang-jae Wins 1 Gold and 2 Bronze Medals, Player Lim Jeong-hee Wins 1 Bronze Medal

Wando County Office Weightlifting Team won 4 medals at the National Sports Festival (Photo by Wando County)

[Wando=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] The weightlifting professional team of Wando County Office in Jeonnam announced on the 17th that they won 1 gold medal and 3 bronze medals at the '103rd National Sports Festival' held from October 7 to 13 at the Ulsan Exhibition and Convention Center.

Player Yang Jae (+109kg) won 3rd place in the snatch with 180kg, 1st place in the clean and jerk with 232kg, and 3rd place overall with a total of 412kg, earning 1 gold medal and 2 bronze medals. Player Lim Jeong-hee (+87kg) won 3rd place in the snatch with 112kg, earning 1 bronze medal.

Seo Ho-cheol, the coach of the weightlifting professional team, said, "I am grateful to the players who gave their best throughout the competition and to the county office that spares no interest and support for the weightlifting professional team," adding, "We will strive to achieve excellent results at the National Junior Weightlifting Championships to be held in Wando in November."

Choi Kwang-yoon, Director of the Sports Promotion Division, visited the venue to encourage and congratulate the players, saying, "We will continue to take active interest so that the weightlifting professional team players can focus on training in a good environment and achieve valuable results."

Meanwhile, the Wando County Office weightlifting professional team was founded in 2015 and has been active, achieving excellent results in various competitions, led by national representative player Yang Jae from the county.

Wando=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil alwatros@asiae.co.kr

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