China dominates Asian Weightlifting Championships 2025 with 31 golds

(ECNS) -- The 2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships concluded in Jiangshan, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Thursday. China wrapped up the event with 31 gold medals, 15 silver, and 11 bronze.

On the final day, Chinese athlete Li Yanyan swept all three gold medals in the women's over-87kg category with a snatch of 140 kg, a clean and jerk lift of 170 kg, and a total lift of 310 kg.

Athletes participating in the competitions broke 26 world and Asian records.

This year marks the first time the Asian Weightlifting Championships were held in a county-level city in China. The conclusion of the tournament also signaled a generational shift in the weightlifting world, as the International Weightlifting Federation is set to implement a new weight category system in June 2025.

Since hosting the China-Japan-Korea Weightlifting Invitational for the first time in 2016, Jiangshan has gone on to host seven national weightlifting championships, over 10 international training camps and conferences, attracting nearly 20 Olympic and world champions.

(By Gong Weiwei)