Summary of Olympic final Weightlifting men's 73 kgs in Tokyo 2020

Gold - Zhiyong Shi (CHN) = 364 kgs

Silver - Julio Mayora (VEN) = 346 kgs

Bronze - Briken Calja = 341 kgs

4- Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev (BUL) = 338 kgs

5- Karem Ben Hnia (TUN) = 338 kgs

Looking for the world record. Mayora was not able to do it and he gets the silver medal. Congratulations, Julio

Shi steps onto the platform to lift 198 kgs and manages to lift it correctly and secures the gold medal.

The North American sought to reach the podium with 198 kgs and could not lift it, he finished his participation with 180 kgs.

The Japanese man seeks the bronze medal with 196 kgs. but fails to lift it and ends his participation with 188 kgs.

China's Shi lifted 192 kgs, but the judges ruled the lift invalid. The Chinese team requested a review and the judges indicated that the lift was correctly invalidated from the start.

The Tunisian ends his participation by failing the 190 kgs.

The Bulgarian missed his third attempt at 190 kg.

The Venezuelan continues to consolidate his second place, with a correct lift of 190 kgs. Let's go boy

Both failed in their attempts at 190 kgs.

Andreev was unable to successfully complete his second attempt at 189 kg.

Albanian Calja failed in his second attempt at 188 kgs and appears to have been injured since the first attempt.

The Japanese successfully lifted the 188 kgs on his second attempt.

The Chinese lifted the 188 kgs correctly on his first attempt.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Mayora lifted the 186 kgs in his first attempt and is in medal contention. Let's go boy

The Tunisian representative successfully lifted 185 kg on his first attempt.

The Bulgarian successfully lifted his first attempt with 184 kgs and remains in the fight for the medals. Although the lift was achieved with some difficulty. The Albanian also successfully lifted the same weight.

Local representative, Miyamoto, successfully lifts 183 kgs on his first attempt

He could not successfully lift 182 kgs, and now he will have to come again to try the same weight. And this time the Moldavian also failed to lift the 182 kgs and finishes his performance in the clean and jerk with 177 kgs.

He desisted from finishing the movement, as he was not very comfortable, so he finished the clean and jerk with 177 kg.

The North American successfully lifted the 180 kgs.

The Spaniard returned to the platform and correctly lifted the 177 kgs.

The Spaniard managed to lift the 177 kgs, but was overruled by the judges.

First wrong attempt for the Moldavian, despite having managed to lift the 175 kgs, the three red light bulbs came on and he was declared invalid, but after the review he was found positive

1- Shi (CHN) - 166 kgs

2- Mayora (VEN) - 156 kgs

3- Robu (MDA) - 155 kgs

4- Andreev (BUL) - 154 kgs

5- Ben Hnia (TUN) - 153 kgs

6- Abdullah (INA) - 152 kgs (Group B)

7- Calja (ALB) - 151 kgs

8 - Miyamoto - 147 kgs (Group B)

9- Sanchez (ESP) - 146 kgs

10- Cummins JR (USA) - 145 kgs

China's Shi sets new Olympic record with 166 kgs and finishes first in the start-up competition

Shi easily lifts 163 kgs and strengthens his gold medal favoritism

The Moldovan finishes his participation in the start-up with 155 kgs, as he missed the third attempt at 159 kgs

China's Shi comfortably lifted 158 kgs on his first attempt.

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Julio lifted 156 kgs to close a spectacular participation in start-up

The Bulgarian lifted 154 kg on his third attempt.

Mayora successfully lifted his second attempt at 154 kgs.

Bulgarian Andreev failed in his second attempt at 154 kg.

Tunisian Ben Hnia lifted the 153 kgs with some difficulty on his third attempt.

Japan's Miyamoto failed in his third attempt at 151 kgs and finishes his participation in the snatch with 147 kgs.

Correctly lifts 151 kgs

The Albanian failed in his first attempt, while the Tunisian successfully lifted the 151 kg.

The North American could not lift the 150 kgs and remains with the mark of the second lift in 145 kgs. The Spaniard was also unable to lift 150 kgs and was left with 146 kgs.

Julio Mayora successfully lifts his first attempt at 150 kgs 

Moldavian Marin Robu lifted with some difficulty the first attempt at 150 kgs.

Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev successfully lifted his first attempt at 150 kgs.

The Tunisian lifted 148 kgs correctly on his first attempt.

 

The Japanese lifter successfully lifted his second attempt at 147 kgs.

Spain's David Sanchez successfully lifts his second attempt at 146 kgs.

The U.S. survey was being reviewed and was ultimately validated as valid.

This time he was able to lift the 145 kgs on his second attempt.

The next to step onto the platform is the American, who failed in his first attempt with 145 kgs.

Japanese successfully lifts 143 kgs and becomes momentary leader

The first to start is Spain's David Sanchez who successfully lifts 142 kgs.

In 30 minutes the 9 athletes will go to the platform for the presentation and prepare for the start of the competition.

Whoever wins the best marks in this weightlifting competition in the men's 73 kgs category will set new Olympic records, since this weight is making its debut in the games.

It is not a secret about the dominance that exists in this sport discipline of athletes from the Asian continent, they are the best exponents of this sport, so to get into the fight for the medals, you have to beat the Asians who are a very tough nut to crack.

The American continent will be represented by the Venezuelan Julio Mayora and the North American Clarence Cummings JR, who have a chance to get into the fight for the medals.

Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev (BUL)
Marin Robu (MDA)
Zhiyong Shi (CHN)
Masanori Miyamoto (JPN)
Briken Calja (ALB)
Karem Ben Hnia (TUN)
Clarence Cumming JR (USA)
Julio Ruben Mayora Pernia (VEN)
David Sanchez Lopez (ESP)

The Weightlifting event will be played at the 5,000-seat Tokyo International Forum, although as is already known, it will not be attended due to Covid-19 restrictions. The venue is a multidisciplinary and multipurpose space.

The Venezuelan weightlifter comes to the competition as the best in the category of the American continent. In the last Pan American in Lima 2019, he was crowned champion of the competition, registering a new Pan American record.

The Olympic champion is expected to be the representative of China, Zhiyong Shi who is the current holder of all world records in the category.

Snatch: 169 kgs

Clean and jerk: 198 kgs

Total: 363 kgs

It should be noted that this weight is a debut in this category, so the Olympic record has not been set.

This is the start time of the event Weightlifting of 28th July 2021 in several countries:

Argentina: 7:50  
Bolivia: 6:50 
Brazil: 7:50 
Chile: 6:50 P
Colombia: 5:50 
Ecuador: 5:50
USA (ET): 6:50 
Spain: 12:50 
Mexico: 5:50 
Paraguay: 6:50 
Peru: 5:50 
Uruguay: 7:50 
Venezuela: 6:50

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