[Asian Games] Park Hyejeong Wins Women's Heaviest Weightlifting Category... First Gold Since Jang Miran

Weightlifting national representative Park Hye-jeong (20, Goyang City Hall) won the gold medal in the women's super heavyweight category (87kg and above) at the Asian Games.

On the 7th, Park Hye-jeong lifted 125kg in the snatch, 169kg in the clean and jerk, totaling 294kg to win the gold medal in the women's 87kg and above weightlifting event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at Xiaoshan Sports Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.

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This is the first time in 13 years that a Korean athlete has won gold in weightlifting at the Asian Games since Jang Mi-ran (currently Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism) won gold in the women's super heavyweight category (then 75kg and above) at the 2010 Guangzhou Games.

With Li Yuan-yuan (23), the strongest competitor in this weight class from China, absent due to injury, Park Hye-jeong emerged as the favorite to win.

Son Young-hee (30, Busan City Sports Council), who won the silver medal at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, also took second place this time with a snatch of 124kg, a clean and jerk of 159kg, and a total of 283kg, earning her second consecutive silver medal.

This is the first time Korean weightlifters have taken both first and second place on the Asian Games podium in the women's division, and the first time in 33 years across both men and women since the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, when Kim Byung-chan (gold) and Lee Hyung-geun (silver) in the men's 90kg category, and Kim Tae-hyun (gold) and Jeon Sang-seok (silver) in the men's 110kg category, achieved this feat.

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