North and South Korea Face Off in 6 Weight Lifting Classes

[Asian Games] North and South Korea Face Off in 6 Weight Lifting Classes... Korea Challenges for Gold for the First Time in 13 Years Since Jang Mi-ran

North Korean weightlifters return to the international stage after 4 years... 'Rim Jeong-sim's younger brother' Rim Eun-sim aims for 2nd consecutive win

Korean women's 76kg Kim Soo-hyun competes on the same day as her lover Karate representative Pi Jae-yoon

A total of six historical competitions between South Korea and North Korea will be held in weightlifting at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games starting on the 30th.

North Korea's weightlifting team, which once threatened China and showed off its might as a weightlifting powerhouse, will appear on the international stage for the first time in four years through the Hangzhou Asian Games.

The most recent international competition North Korea participated in was the 2019 Pattaya World Championships. 카지노사이트

The names of 'Olympic gold medalists' who are familiar to Korean weightlifting fans, such as Lim Jeong-sim and Eom Yun-cheol, are not on the list of athletes participating in this Asian Games (14 people).

However, Lim Jeong Sim's younger sister Lim will compete in the women's 64kg class at this event, aiming for her second consecutive Asian Games title.

Even North Korean athletes with no experience in international competitions view Korean weightlifting as something to be wary of.

From the first day (30th) of the Hangzhou Asian Games weightlifting competition, South Korea's Yoo Won-ju (Busan City Sports Council) and North Korea's Kang Hyeong-young and Ri Su-yeon will compete together in the women's 55kg class.

On October 1st, Korea's Bae Moon-soo (Gyeongbuk Development Corporation) and Lee Sang-yeon (Suwon City Hall) will compete with Lee Won-ju in the men's 67kg class, and on the 2nd, in the 64kg class, Han Ji-an (Daejeon Metropolitan Sports Council) will compete with Lim Eunsim.

Park Joo-hyo (Goyang City Hall) in the men's 73kg class will face North Korea's Oh Geum-taek and Park Jeong-ju on October 3.

On October 5, Kim Soo-hyun (Busan City Sports Council), who is aiming for the gold medal, is checked by North Korea's Chun-hee Chun-hee and Seong Guk-hyang, and on the same day, Won Jong-beom (Gangwon Provincial Office) competes with Ro Gwang-yeol for the medal in the men's 96 kg class.

Among the North Korean weightlifters participating in this competition, the most eye-catching athlete is Rim Eun-sim.

Lim Jeong-sim won a gold medal in the 69kg class at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.

Her older sister, Lim Jeong-sim, who was already called North Korea's weightlifting hero at the time, achieved the 'sister gold medal' by reaching the top of the women's 75kg class.

She also placed second in the 64kg class at the 2019 Pattaya World Championships, and Lim Eun-sim is aiming for a win in her first international competition in four years.

In the Hangzhou Asian Games weightlifting, there are 7 weight classes for men (61 kg, 67 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 96 kg, 109 kg, and over 109 kg) and 7 weight classes for women (49 kg, 55 kg). A total of 14 gold medals were awarded in the 59kg class, 64kg class, 76kg class, 87kg class, and over 87kg class).

There are 14 participants from Korea.

Korea, which suffered the humiliation of no gold twice in a row at the 2014 Incheon and 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, expects to win at least one gold medal in Hangzhou.

Since Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jang Mi-ran, who recently visited Hangzhou, won the women's heavyweight title in 2010, Korean weightlifting has not produced an Asian Games champion.

This year, ‘Rose Kids’ Kim Soo-hyun will challenge for the gold medal.

Kim Soo-hyun repeatedly ranked fourth in Incheon in 2014 and Jakarta and Palembang in 2018.

However, she is showing off her top-class skills in Asia in the women's 76kg class, including winning the Jinju Asian Weightlifting Championships in May this year.

Pi Jae-yoon, representative of the men's 75kg category of Karate Kumite, a 'lover' who is competing in the Asian Games together, will also compete on October 5th, the same day as Kim Soo-hyun.

Kim Soo-hyun accepts this ‘amazing coincidence’ as a good omen.

‘Post Jang Mi-ran’ Park Hye-jung (Goyang City Hall) is also a strong candidate for a medal.

In the women's 87kg and over class where Park Hye-jeong is competing, world record holder Li Wenwen (China) is holding on.

However, Park Hye-jung won the World Weightlifting Championships held on September 17 by lifting 124 kg in snatch, 165 kg in clean and jerk, and 289 kg in total.

At that time, Li Wen-Won repeatedly failed at 130 kg in the first and second snatch trials, and she abstained from standing on the platform anymore.

Looking at her record and history, Park Hye-jung is expected to compete with 'senior' Son Young-hee (Busan City Sports Council) for her silver medal.

However, if Li Wen-Won has not yet recovered, she could be a gold medal candidate for Park Hye-Jeong.

In the men's division, Jin Yun-seong (Goyang City Hall) and Jang Yeon-hak (Asan City Hall) in the 109 kg class and Won Jong-beom (Gangwon Provincial Office) in the 96 kg class are considered medal candidates.