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Weightlifting News / IWF.net / March 28

IWF120y/46 – 2016: Deng Wei (CHN) crowns a fantastic career with the Olympic gold

Born in February 1993, Deng Wei is 17 when she takes part in the first edition of the Youth Olympic Games, in 2010. The talented Chinese lifter gets the gold in Singapore, in what would be the premises of an outstanding career.

Weightlifting News / IWF.net / December 10

Bahrain, Day 5: Ten out of ten for Asia at halfway after PRK wins twice more – and takes Deng Wei’s world record

A superb final lift by Ri Chong Song and a multiple world record show by his female team-mate Ri Suk helped PRK to continue its remarkable winning run at the 2024 World Championships in Bahrain, where all 10 titles in the first half of the competition have been won by Asian athletes.

Weightlifting News / IWF.net / December 9, 2023

Doha, Day 6: PRK junior Ri takes eight world records in five lifts – including one from  Deng Wei

The 20-year-old DPR Korea lifter Ri Suk took a senior world record from one of the best weightlifters of the 21st century in a stunning performance at the IWF Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar.

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