Do Tu Tung wins 2 Gold Medals at 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championship
(BNP) – The 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships takes place in Jinju (Korea) from May 5-13, 2023.
Do Tu Tung receives the Gold Medal.
The 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships took place at the same time as SEA Games 32 in Cambodia, and the Vietnam national weightlifting team were divided into two groups with eight attending the Asian tournament and four the SEA Games. Specifically, the team participating in the Asian tournament includes: Do Tu Tung, Ngo Son Dinh, My Phuong, Hoai Huong, Trinh Van Vinh, Pham Thi Hong Thanh and Quang Thi Tam.
Tung lifted 116 kg in the snatch event during his performance Friday. What surprised everyone is in the clean and jerk event, Tung lifted a whopping 147 kg, bringing his total weight lifted to 263 kg and helping him earn two gold medals.
Another Vietnamese athlete, Ngo Son Dinh, won a triple silver medals when he lifted 117 kg in the snatch event and 143 kg in the clean and jerk event
The tournament is a chance for athletes to accumulate points to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Paris.
Tung, 18, won a gold medal at the 2017 National Youth Weightlifting Championships. A year later, he won three gold medals at the Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships, in which he broke the world record for a young athlete in the clean and jerk event with 128 kg.
