Event Review Women's 48Kg

Event Review Women’s 48kg

Snatch

· Tan Yayun (CHN) became the first woman in this category to repeat her gold medal in Snatch since Wang Mingjuan (CHN) took gold in 2002, 2003 and 2005 successively. · Sibel Özkan Konak (TUR, silver) equalled her personal best in Snatch, silver in 2010. In 2009, she claimed her first World Championships medal in Women’s 48kg (bronze). · Bronze medallist Panida Khamsri (THA) gave Thailand a first medal in Snatch (Women’s 48kg) since 2007, when Pramsiri Bhunpithak (THA) claimed silver. Khamsri now owns a medal in each discipline, after silver in Clean & Jerk and Total in 2011.

Clean and Jerk

· Tan gave China a 10th Clean & Jerk gold medal in this category. In Snatch and Total the nation collected 11 each. · Khamsri claimed silver with a successful attempt of 108 kilogrammes, her heaviest weight in World Championships history. · Sri Wahyuni Agustiani (INA) claimed bronze on her World Championships debut. She is the second Indonesian medal winner in any category since Raema Lisa Rumbewas (INA) in Women’s 53kg in 2006.

Total

· Tan became the second woman to successfully defend her title in this category, after Wang Mingjuan won in 2002, 2003 and 2005. She also became the second woman with six total gold medals in Women’s 48kg, after Wang Mingjuan (11, 2002-2009). · For the 11th time in 13 World Championships one lifter claimed gold in all events. · The winning weight of 194 kilogrammes is the lowest since Wei Gao’s (CHN) 190 in 2001. · Tan won by a margin of five kilogrammes over Özkan, the smallest difference since 2009, when Wang Mingjuan beat that same Özkan by two kilogrammes.

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· Özkan (silver in Snatch and Total) added two medals to her tally, becoming the third woman with eight total World Championships medals, after Nurcan Taylan (TUR) and Wang (12 each). · Khamsri (bronze in Snatch and Total, silver in Clean & Jerk) now owns five total medals (S3-B2) in this category, one shy of Wiratthaworn Aree (THA) for most for a Thai lifter. · Taylan, former world record holder and 12-time World Championships medallist in this category, failed to register a successful attempt in both Snatch and Clean & Jerk. · Asian Games gold medallist and world ranking leader Margarita Yelisseyeva (KAZ) failed in all of her three attempts in Snatch before withdrawing from Clean & Jerk.