2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships Results & Recap

45KG

1. Zhao Jinhong (CHN): 190 (90/100)
2. Hong Zi Yu (TPE): 161 (73/88)
3. Dinh Thi Pham (VIE): 153 (68/85)

Recap

Zhao Jinhong (CHN) set a snatch world record at 88 kilograms on her second attempt after jumping from 80.

Zhao then set another world record in the snatch at 90 kilos, reclaiming one of the records lost to North Korea last year. 

The Democratic People's Republic did not enter an athlete into this category. 

49KG

1. Thanyathon Sukcharoen (THA): 200 (91/109)
2. Rosegie Ramos (PHI): 197 (90/107)
3. Xiang Linxiang (CHN): 189 (86/103)

Recap

A particularly stern jury decision to overturn a good snatch by Fang Wan-Ling (TPE) due to slight movement in the elbow set her back enough to bump her out of medal contention in the total.

She was then injured on her second clean & jerk, collapsing on stage. Fang returned to try again, but collapsed, requiring assistance off the platform.

Teammate Lin Chen-Jing took a nasty spill as well, fumbling across the platform trying to save her final jerk at 104 after being struck dizzy by her second attempt. 

55KG

1. Zhang Haiqin (CHN): 225 (99/126)
2. Chen Guan-Ling (TPE): 194 (83/111)
3. Hu Chia Chi (TPE): 190 (80/110)

Recap

Chen Guan-Ling (TPE) nearly bombed out in the snatches, missing 83 twice in a row. Zhang Haiqin (CHN) opened afterward at 90 as the final athlete in the field. She set a Junior world record with her last snatch at 99. Basilia Ninggan (INA) bombed out. 

Zhang set new Junior world records in the clean & jerk and total in the second half of the event, going six-for-six. 

59KG

1. Kim Il-Gyong (PRK): 235 (103/132)
2. Suratwadee Yodsarn (THA): 225 (99/126)
3. Kuo Hsing-Chun (TPE): 220 (95/125)

Recap

The Women's 59-kilogram event contained several extremely strict calls, including multiple penalties levied at Kuo Hsing-Chun (TPE). 

Kuo had two of her snatches initially approved and then denied by the jury. Natasya Beteyob (INA) bombed out in the snatches and made 115 kilograms in the second half.

64KG

1. Li Shuang (CHN): 239 (105/134)
2. Elreen Ann Ando (PHI): 232 (102/130)
3. Mun Minhee (KOR): 214 (94/120)

Recap

The Women's 64-kilogram event had the tidiest podiums of the competition; three same three medalists in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total.

Though she missed the podium, Seram Devi (IND) placed an impressive fourth in her international debut. 

71KG

1. Song Kuk-Hyang (PRK): 276 (121/155)
2. Yang Qiuxia (CHN): 262 (122/140)
3. Kristel Macrohon (PHI): 236 (105/131)

Recap

Yang Qiuxia (CHN) set a world record in the snatch which halted the competition for nearly 10 minutes due to an extended jury deliberation over whether she'd run out her clock. 

Song Kuk-Hyang (PRK) set new records in the clean & jerk and total.  

76KG

1. Liao Guifang (CHN): 279 (125/154)
2. Chen Wen-Huei (TPE): 242 (109/133)
3. Kim Suhyeon (KOR): 234 (100/134)

Recap

Liao Guifang (CHN) set a new world record in the snatch at 125 kilograms. 

81KG

1. Wu Yan (CHN): 263 (116/147)
2. Kim Iseul (KOR): 235 (105/130)
3. Rigina Adashbaeva (UZB): 224 (104/120)

Recap

Wu Yan (CHN) followed herself for most of the competition, but despite being ahead of the field, she finished 9 kilograms behind her winning total from the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships.

87KG

1. Tian Dongping (CHN): 259 (118/141)
2. Jiang Yujia (CHN): 253 (113/140)
3. Lo Ying-Yuan (TPE): 246 (108/138)

Recap

In the clean & jerks, no athlete finished near a regional or world record. However, the field was surprisingly competitive, with only six kilograms separating 1st and 6th place. 

55KG

1. Wang Weidong (CHN): 265 (119/146)
2. Lai Gia Thanh (VIE): 260 (120/140)
3. Mansour Al Saleem (KSA): 254 (117/137)

Recap

In the clean & jerks, all three medalists looked exhausted and missed their final jerk attempts, including China's Wang Weidong, who was left with the final two attempts of the event. 

He missed 146 and made it on his final attempt, making two out of three potential gold medals for China on the first day. 

61KG

1. Pak Myong Jin (PRK): 306 (136/170)
2. Wang Hoo (CHN): 305 (142/163)
3. Wang Min (CHN): 294 (134/160)

Recap

Of the seven athletes in this session, two, Tran Anh Tuan Nguyen (VIE) and Mohamad Bin Kasdan (MAS), failed to register a total. 

Wang Hoo's (CHN) 142-kilogram snatch was only four kilos below teammate Li Fabin's world record.

67KG

1. Minh Tri Tran (VIE): 318 (146/172)
2. Zheng Xinhao (CHN): 317 (147/170)
3. Bae Moonsu (KOR): 306 (132/174)

Recap

Aznil Bin Muhamad (MAS) bombed out during the snatch portion while Bae Moonsu (KOR), who took fourth despite being eight kilograms behind bronze medalist Khusinboy Matrasulov (UZB), would leapfrog the field into gold in the clean & jerks and finish third overall, injuring his elbow in the process.

Zheng Xinhao (CHN) forfeited the overall gold medal by making only one clean & jerk, six kilograms lighter than his World Championships opening lift last year. 

73KG

1. Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA): 360 (155/205)
2. Wu Haifeng (CHN): 334 (145/189)
3. Petr Krebtov (KAZ): 333 (146/187)

Recap

In his comeback to the category, Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (INA) took 150 and 155 before declining his third snatch attempt. 

In his Senior debut, Abdulaziz Alimjanov (UZB) made a big attempt for a clean & jerk medal but severely injured his elbow, leaving the stage howling. Abdullah hit a new clean & jerk world record at 205 after following himself twice. 

Despite being in the start book, Lee Sangyeon (KOR) did not compete at this event.

81KG

1. Luo Chongyang (CHN): 362 (162/200)
2. Rizki Juniansyah (INA): 358 (161/197)
3. Son Hyeonho (KOR): 357 (157/200)

Recap

Huang Pin-Hsun (TPE) bombed out in the snatches. Issa Alblooshi (UAE) was on the start list but did not partake in the competition.

Rizki Juniansyah (INA) made 197 on his second attempt, but the bar peeled the skin off his thumb. He was in too much pain to clean his third attempt at 202 to retake the lead from Luo Chongyang (CHN).

89KG

1. Ro Kang Kwol (PRK): 380 (168/212)
2. Li Dayin (CHN): 379 (176/203)
3. Pan Yunhua (CHN): 372 (163/209)

Recap

Pan Yunhua (CHN) attempted 167 kilograms on his final attempt for a Junior Asian record, but missed in front; he made a Junior record at 209 in the second half. Li Dayin (CHN) took 170, 176, and declined his third attempt.

Amur Al-Khanjari (OMA) and Md Shakayet Pranko (BAN) bombed out in the snatches, while Yu Dongju (KOR) failed all his clean & jerks. Li failed 210 twice in a row after making his opener and was seen nursing a lower back injury backstage.

96KG

1. Ali Alipour (IRI): 390 (174/216)
2. Won Jongbeom (KOR): 385 (170/215)
3. Alireza Moeini Sedeh (IRI): 383 (180/203)

Recap

Unusually, Qian Feixiang (CHN) was left off the total podium despite winning bronze medals in the snatch and clean & jerk with 173 and 207.

102KG

1. Liu Huanhua (CHN): 410 (180/230)
2. Artyom Antropov (KAZ): 386 (165/221)
3. Davranbek Hasanbayev (TKM): 377 (182/195)

Recap

Shahzadbek Matyakubov (TKM) did not lift on stage. But he didn't withdraw either, instead opting to run out the clock on his snatch attempts to provide more rest time for his teammate Davranbek Hasanbayev (TKM). Hasanbayev took the gold medal in the snatches. 

Chen Po-Jen (TPE) bombed out in the snatches, while Artyom Antropov (KAZ) missed his opener and third attempts.

Antropov attempted a 233-kilogram world record clean & jerk on his second and third attempts, missing due to dizziness and lack of rest. Liu Huanhua (CHN) tried 234 on his final attempt, but couldn't clean it. 

109KG

1. Akbar Djuraev (UZB): 406 (183/223)
2. Sharofiddin Amriddinov (UZB): 395 (181/214)
3. Jang Yeonhak (KOR): 390 (178/212)

Recap

Things got a bit silly in the last few lifts of the 109-kilogram session, when after missing his final clean & jerk at 218, Jang Yeonhak (KOR) literally ran off the platform and back to the warm-up area to dramatically "faint" on the floor.

Akbar Djuraev (UZB) looked tired after his second attempt at 223 to confirm his gold medal. He declined his third.