Vietnamese lifter wins big, sets world record at Asian championships
Do Tu Tung has secured six gold medals and set a new world record at the ongoing Asian Weightlifting Youth & Junior Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Vietnamese Do Tu Tung performs in the men's 55kg clean & jerk class at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Youth & Junior Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Do Tu Tung has secured six gold medals and set a newworld record at the ongoing Asian Weightlifting Youth & JuniorChampionships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The Vietnamese lifter competed in the men’s 55kg category in the youth andjunior events the same on February 15.
In the snatch event, Tung lifted 110kg to top the podium. His result was aworld junior record beating the previous mark set by Italy's Massidda Sergiolast October by 1kg.
In the clean & jerk, the 16-year-old lifted 136kg to take first place witha total result of 246kg.
Last year, Tung claimed four golds and one world record in the 49kg class.
Earlier, his teammates bagged seven golds.
Nguyen Thi Thuy Tien , 19, took three golds in the women’s junior 55kg categorywith 79kg in the snatch and 105kg in the clean & jerk.
Nguyen Thi Thu Hoai, 16, won four titles in the women’s 45kg discipline in theyouth and junior events with her 86kg lift in the clean & jerk and 149kg intotal.
Vietnamese athletes also grabbed three silver and two bronze medals.
Vietnam sent a team of nine lifters to Tashkent with nearly 200 othercompetitors competing in 24 categories.
The tournament will end on February 19, and is a qualifier for the TokyoOlympics./.
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Vietnamese Do Tu Tung performs in the men's 55kg clean & jerk class at the 2020 Asian Weightlifting Youth & Junior Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (Photo: VNA) 
