This tournament is taking place in Saudi Arabia. In the men’s 55kg weight class, athlete Lai Gia Thanh ranked first in the snatch and jerk category with a record of 123kg. After that, the Vietnamese athlete continued to win in the push-pull event, with a weight of 146kg.
After winning 2 clean and jerk events, Lai Gia Thanh of course won the overall event with a total achievement of 269kg. Thereby, the male athletes of Vietnamese weightlifting won 3 gold medals in 3 thrust and jerk events and the total weightlifting category in the men’s 55kg category.
Ranking right behind Lai Gia Thanh is compatriot Ngo Son Dinh with the success The clean and jerk record is 117kg, the clean and jerk record is 144kg and the total is 261kg. Ngo Son Dinh won all 3 silver medals in the 3 above mentioned contents. The bronze medal in the men’s 55kg weight class belonged to Nattawat Chomchuen (Thailand).
The unfortunate thing for both Lai Gia Thanh and Ngo Son Dinh is that the men’s 55kg weight class they competed in at the tournament champion the world is happening taking place in Saudi Arabia is not part of the competition program of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Therefore, the new champion and new world runner-up will not have the opportunity to compete at the Olympics next year in France. .
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