'Second Jang Mi-ran' Park Hye-jung, first Olympic ticket amid grief over mother's death

Mom, who had been fighting cancer for six years, passed away earlier this month

'Post Jang Mi-ran' Park Hye-jeong (21, photo) overcame the pain of her mother's death and set a Korean record to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Park Hye-jung won silver medals in all three categories at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup women's heaviest weight (over 87 kg) competition held in Phuket, Thailand on the 10th, lifting 130 kg in snatch, 166 kg in clean and jerk, and 296 kg in total. In May last year, she broke her own Korean record (295kg total) at the Jinju Asian Weightlifting Championships. Previously, the total weight of 326kg recorded by Jang Mi-ran (41), Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism in the women's heaviest weight class (75 kg or more at the time) at the 2008 Beijing Olympics is currently classified as a 'past record' as the IWF changed the weight class standards. 슬롯사이트

Park Hye-jeong also experienced pain ahead of this competition, which was her last chance to qualify for the Paris Olympics. On the 2nd of this month, ahead of her departure, her mother passed away after fighting cancer for six years. Her mother, a former track and field discus thrower, served as a moral support for Park as she pursued her athletic career. “It was difficult, but she competed because it was such an important competition,” Park Hye-jung said after the competition. “Her mother would have wanted me here too,” she said. 메이저사이트

Park Hye-jeong, who won back-to-back gold medals at her World Championships last September and the Hangzhou Asian Games in October, will attempt to win her medal in Paris, her first Olympic event. Her strongest competition on this day is China's Li Wenwen (24), who won all three categories with 145 kg in snatch, 180 kg in clean and jerk, and 325 kg in total. Li Wenwen, a gold medalist at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, withdrew from last year's World Championships due to an elbow injury, but this event marks her comeback. Son Young-hee (31), in the same weight class, took third place in all three categories with 122kg in snatch, 161kg in clean and jerk, and 283kg in total. Only one person per country in her weight class is allowed to compete in the Olympics, so Son Young-hee did not get her ticket to Paris. 토토사이트 순위