Weightlifting 

 HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese athletes have won two golds from the Asian Weightlifting Championships which is ongoing in China.

Young lifter Trần Minh Trí successfully overcame eight other rivals to take one gold and two silvers in the men's 67kg category.

The competition featured Trí, Zheng Xinhao of China, Khusinboy Matrasulov of Uzbekistan and Bae Moonsu of South Korea vying for the top position.

Trí's 146kg lift in the snatch event brought him a silver while favourite Zheng Xinhao of the hosts took gold with 147kg. Matrasulov took bronze with 140kg.

Later Trí, 32nd SEA Games champion, lifted 172kg in the clean&jerk to clinch silver while Bae made 174kg for gold and Zheng bagged bronze with 170kg.

In total, Trí's combined result of 318kg pushed him to the top podium with only 1kg better than Zheng on 317kg and Bae finished third with 306kg.

Earlier, Lại Gia Thành won Việt Nam gold in the men's 55kg snatch event with a lift of 120kg.

 Wang Weidong of China came second with 119kg lift and Mansour Al Saleem of Saudi Arabia was third with 117kg.

Thành also grabbed bronze in the clean&jerk lifting 140kg. He was below Wang who lifted 146kg and Fernando Jr Agad of the Philippines, who managed 141kg.

In total, Wang topped the podium with combined 265kg. Thành was behind with 260kg and Al Saleem and Agad shared third place with a same result of 254kg.

Việt Nam also earned three bronzes in the women's 45kg class by Nguyễn Đình Thi.

The Asian championships features 171 competitors from 26 countries and regions including eight of Việt Nam. They compete in 10 weight categories each for men and women.

The championships will end on May 16. — VNS