Yang won with a 265 kg total. Peng Cuiting set a reported 126 kg snatch world record as Armenia’s Alina Sukiasyan finished without a total after three failed attempts at 120 kg in the clean and jerk.
China’s Yang Qiuxia won the women’s 77 kg title at the World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo on 5 November. China’s Peng Cuiting took silver, and Egypt’s Sara Ahmed won bronze.
A lifter’s total combines the best successful snatch, a lift from the floor to overhead in one movement, and clean and jerk, in which the bar is brought to the shoulders and then lifted overhead. Sportaran said Peng broke the snatch world record twice, first at 124 kg and then at 126 kg.
| Place | Lifter | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Yang Qiuxia | 120 kg | 145 kg | 265 kg |
| Silver | Peng Cuiting | 126 kg | 136 kg | 262 kg |
| Bronze | Sara Ahmed | 114 kg | 144 kg | 258 kg |
Peng also won snatch gold, ahead of Yang and Russia’s Varvara Kuzminova, who lifted 115 kg. Yang won clean-and-jerk gold, followed by Ahmed and Colombia’s Maria Mena, who lifted 141 kg.
Sukiasyan competed in Group C and placed 22nd in the snatch. She lifted 95 kg and 98 kg before missing 101 kg. She then failed all three clean-and-jerk attempts at 120 kg, leaving her without the successful lift needed for a total.
An earlier Armsport report said the championships were the first qualifying competition for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. The tournament began on 27 October and is scheduled to end on 8 November.
Armenia’s Varazdat Lalayan totaled 457 kg in the men’s over-110 kg final. Iraq’s Ali Rubayawi won with 466 kg, while Iran’s Alireza Yousefi took silver with 458 kg and set a 263 kg clean-and-jerk world record, Armsport said.
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China’s Liao Guifang won the women’s 86 kg title with a world-record 291 kg total and set a clean-and-jerk record of 163 kg. Armenia’s Emma Poghosyan finished eighth with 249 kg, a result that does not secure an Olympic quota place.
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Armenia’s Garik Karapetyan lifted 183 kg in the snatch but missed two clean-and-jerk attempts at 217 kg and withdrew from his third because of an injury.
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