Day 2 of weightlifting competition at the Rio Olympics will feature men’s 56kg (123lbs) and women’s 53kg (117 lbs) weight classes.
EVENT TIMES AND LIVE STREAM LINKS
9:00am ET – Men’s 56kg group B and women’s 53kg group B
2:30pm ET – Women’s 53kg group A
6:00pm ET – Men’s 56kg group A
THE COMPETITORS
Men’s 56kg group A
Witoon Mingmoon (THA)
Sinphet Kruaithong (THA)
Mirco Scarantino (ITA)
Nestor Colonia (PHI)
Long Qingquan (CHN)
Om Yun-Chol (PRK)
Kim Tuan Thach (VIE)
Habib De Las Salas De La Rosa (COL)
Arli Chontey (KAZ)
Quoc Toan Tran Le (VIE)
Women’s 53kg group A
Yajun Li (CHN)
Dewi Safitri (INA)
Shu-Ching Hsu (TPE)
Jin Hee Yoon (KOR)
Hidilyn Diaz (PHI)
Rosane Dos Reis Santos (BRA)
Rebeka Koha (LAT)
Men’s 56kg group B
Tom Richard Goegebuer (BEL)
Manueli Tulo (FIJ)
Elson Brechtefeld (NRU)
Chi-Chung Tan (TPE)
Josue Brachi Garcia (ESP)
Edgar Pineda Zeta (GUA)
Chagnaadorj Usukhbayar (MGL)
Hiroaki Takao (JPN)
Luis Alberto Garcia Brito (DOM)
Women’s 53kg group B
Fiorella Francesca Cueva Uribe (PER)
Lely Berlitt Burgos Ortiz (PUR)
Scarleth Elizabeth Mercado Lopez (NCA)
Evagjelia Veli (ALB)
Sofia Rito (URU)
Kanae Yagi (JPN)
Men’s 56kg
In London, Om Yun-Chol went from group B to gold medal. This time around no one is looking past Om, who comes in as a gold medal favorite. He currently holds the 56kg world record in the clean and jerk (171.0kg/377.0 lbs)
Women’s 53kg
We could be heading for a battle between China’s Li Yajun and reigning Olympic silver medalist Hsu Shu-Ching of Chinese Taipei. Li hopes to claim China’s first 53kg gold medal since 2000.
WORLD RECORDS
Men’s 56kg
Snatch – Wu Jingbao (CHN) 139.0kg/306.4 lbs
Clean and jerk – Om Yun-Chol (PRK) 171.0kg/377.0 lbs
Total – Halil Mutlu (TUR) 305.0kg/672.4 lbs
Women’s 53kg
Snatch – 103.0kg/227.1 lbs Li Ping (CHN)
Clean and jerk – 134.0kg/295.4 lbs Zulfiya Chinshanlo (KAZ)
Total – 233.0kg/513.7 lbs Hsu Shu-Ching (PRK)