Colombia and Canada impress on route to Tokyo 2020 weightlifting
Friday, 23 April 2021 There was a rare sight at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent when the top two finishers in the men’s 96kg failed to match the top two Pan American lifters at the same weight. The concurrent championships are "gold" qualifiers for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and the Asians have generally outperformed everybody else - largely because China’s team is so strong. But in the 96kg Tian Tao, who tops the rankings, and the Iranian world record holder Sohrab Moradi, on his return from injury, were both overshadowed by the efforts 12,000 kilometres awa...
Source: insidethegames.biz