Chinese weightlifters collect 2 golds at Hangzhou Asiad


By Cheng NanTan Chang

HANGZHOU, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's Liu Huanhua collected gold in the men's 109kg while his compatriot Liang Xiaomei took a dominant win in the women's 87kg weightlifting at the Hangzhou Asian Games here on Friday.

22-year-old Liu, a gold medalist in the men's 102kg category at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships, lifted 185kg in the snatch and 233kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 418kg, setting a Games records in both clean and jerk and total weight.

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