Chinese athlete Yang Yang achieved a double victory by winning two gold medals in the men's 60 kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships, held in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, in eastern China, on Tuesday.
In the competition, Yang Yang defeated his opponent Pan Un Chol from North Korea to win gold in both the snatch and the total. This victory followed his performance after a recent win at the Asian Games in Haiti-Nago last month.
During the snatch, Yang lifted 136 kg and in the clean and jerk—168 kg, totaling 304 kg, beating Pan by four kilograms. At the start of the snatch competition, Yang successfully completed an attempt of 132 kg, then improved his result to 136 kg, securing the gold. Afterward, he attempted to lift 139 kg but failed, falling five kilograms short of his Asian Games record.
Pan, who had previously narrowly lost to Yang in the continental tournament, managed to lift 130 kg in the snatch, earning silver. His teammate, Park In Song, took bronze with a result of 129 kg.
The battle for medals intensified in the clean and jerk discipline, where Park achieved a winning lift of 171 kg. Pan, who holds the world record in this discipline with a total of 174 kg, recovered after two unsuccessful attempts and finished the final lift at 170 kg, receiving silver.
Yang successfully lifted 162 kg and 168 kg but could not reach the 171 kg mark, placing him third in the clean and jerk total. Nevertheless, the advantage he gained in the snatch proved sufficient to secure the overall world title.
Pan finished second in the total with a sum of 300 kg, ahead of Park, who also scored 300 kg but placed third according to tie-breaking rules.
This result marks Yang's second major international victory in just over a month, as he also defeated Pan at the recent Asian Games, winning the title in the men's 60 kg category.