China's Liao Guifang put together a dominant performance at the IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Ningbo, located in east China's Zhejiang Province. The 25-year-old athlete swept all three gold medals in the women's 86kg category while setting new clean and jerk and total world records in an exceptional display of strength and precision. Liao completed all six of her attempts successfully, recording 128kg in the snatch and 163kg in the clean and jerk for a combined total of 291kg. This remarkable achievement left her finishing 19kg ahead of Bahrain's Alina Marushchak. Liao jumped out to an early advantage in the snatch event, opening with 122kg before improving to 125kg and finally 128kg on her last attempt. This initial result clinched her first gold medal of the competition and left her just one kilogram short of the snatch world record. The Chinese weightlifter maintained her fierce momentum into the clean and jerk discipline, starting with 155kg and raising the bar to 162kg on her second attempt. That successful lift bumped her combined total to 290kg, establishing a new world record. Already assured of the overall victory, Liao returned for one final attempt at 163kg, establishing another world mark and pushing her total world record to 291kg. This triumph marked Liao's third world title across three different weight classes, following her previous victories at 71kg in 2023 and 81kg in 2024. Her latest total mark also topped her previous international personal best by an impressive 12kg. Behind her, Bahrain's Alina Marushchak earned silver medals in all three disciplines with 123kg in the snatch, 149kg in the clean and jerk, and 272kg overall. The Dominican Republic's Yudelina Mejia Peguero took bronze medals in both the clean and jerk with 147kg and the total with 266kg. Meanwhile, American competitor Ella Nicholson collected bronze in the snatch with 120kg during her senior World Championships debut, though she narrowly missed out on an overall podium finish by placing fourth with 265kg. Source: China #Weightlifting #WorldChampionships #LiaoGuifang #China #SportsNews
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