Day 4 of weightlifting competition at the Rio Olympics will feature men’s 69kg (152 lbs) and women’s 63kg (139 lbs) weight classes.
EVENT TIMES AND LIVE STREAM LINKS
9:00am ET – Men’s 69kg group B and women’s 63kg group B
2:30pm ET – Women’s 63kg group A
6:00pm ET – Men’s 69kg group A
THE COMPETITORS
Men’s 69kg group B
Doston Yokubov (UZB)
Yong Gwang Kwon (PRK)
Edwin Orlando Mosquera Roa (COL)
Tairat Bunsuk (THA)
Won Jeongsik (KOR)
Mohsen Al Duhaylib (KSA)
Pan Chien-Hung (TPE)
David Sanchez Lopez (ESP)
Serghei Cechir (MDA)
Women’s 63kg group B
Anni Teija Orvokki Vuohijoki (FIN)
Joana Palacios (ARG)
Elisa Vania Ravololoniaina (MAD)
Namika Matsumoto (JPN)
Esraa Ahmed (EGY)
Marina De La C. Rodriguez Mitjan (CUB)
Mehtap Kurnaz (TUR)
Men’s 69kg group A
Izzat Artykov (KGZ)
Karem Ben Hnia (TUN)
Shi Zhiyong (CHN)
Bernardin Ledoux Kingue Matam (FRA)
Bredni Roque Mendoza (MEX)
Kim Myong Hyok (PRK)
Ketut Ariana I (INA)
Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano (COL)
Hafifi Bin Mansor Mohd (MAS)
Triyatno (INA)
Daniyar Ismayilov (TUR)
Briken Calja (ALB)
Women’s 63kg group A
Mercedes Isabel Perez Tigrero (COL)
Lin Tzu-Chi (TPE)
Karina Goricheva (KAZ)
Siripuch Gulnoi (THA)
Wei Deng (CHN)
Eva Alicia Gurrola Ortiz (MEX)
Choe Hyo Sim (PRK)
Giorgia Bordignon (ITA)
WHO TO WATCH
Men’s 69kg
Keep an eye on Shi Zhiyong. It appears the 68kg weight class is his to lose.
Women’s 63kg
China’s Deng Wei is the frontrunner in the weight class without Tima Turiyeva of Russia in the competition.
WORLD RECORDS
Men’s 69kg
Snatch – 166.0kg/366.0 lbs Liao Hui (CHN)
Clean and jerk – 198.0kg/436.5 lbs Liao Hui (CHN)
Total – 359.0kg/791.5 lbs Liao Hui (CHN)
Women’s 63kg
Snatch – 117.0kg/257.9 lbs Svetlana Tsarukayeva (RUS)
Clean and jerk – 146.0kg/321.9 lbs Deng Wei (CHN)
Total – 257.0kg/575.4 lbs Lin Tzu-Chi (TPE)