The 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships kicked off in South Korea on May 5. On the first three days of the championships, weightlifters Luo Shifang and Hou Zhihui, who are from Guiyang County of Chenzhou City, secured two golds, three silvers and one bronze.
In the women’s 59kg weightlifting event, Luo Shifang sealed gold in snatch with 105kg, silver in clean and jerk with 133kg and finally gold in a total of 238kg.
And in the women’s 49kg weightlifting event, Hou Zhihui won silver in snatch, bronze in clean and jerk and silver in the total weight.
In recent years, Guiyang County has attached great importance to the cultivation of backup sports talent. Up to now, Guiyang County has trained a great number of excellent athletes, such as Olympic champions Hou Zhihui and Yi Siling, Paralympic champion Shi Yiting, etc. There are 60 athletes from Guiyang training in the national teams, provincial teams and city bases. As the development of competitive sports and mass sports flourishes, Guiyang County is renowned as “a city of champions”.