Taiwan weightlifters look to qualify for Tokyo Games
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Weightlifter Kuo Hsing-chun (郭婞淳) and four other weightlifters on the Taiwan national team are to leave today for the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, after receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the end of last month, the Sports Administration said.
The championships, one of the important qualifying tournaments for the Tokyo Olympics in July, are to be held from Friday to April 25.
The International Weightlifting Federation organized a qualification period from November 2018 to this month so that athletes could accumulate enough qualification points to compete in Tokyo.
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By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterWeightlifter Kuo Hsing-chun (郭婞淳) and four other weightlifters on the Taiwan national team are to leave today for the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, after receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the end of last month, the Sports Administration said.
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