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Sopita wins triple golds

Sopita wins triple golds

2016 Olympic Games gold medallist Sopita Tanasan lived up to the expectations as she scooped all three gold medals from the women’s 53kg in the IWF World Championships in Anaheim, USA on Thursday.

The  22-year-old from Chumporn lifted 96kg in the snatch, 114kg in the clean and jerk for a total 210kg which earned her three gold medals from this event. The Thai had a cruise to victory after heavy favourite and  2016 Olympic gold medalist Hsu Shu-ching of Taiwan picked up an injury duirng her third attempt in the snatch. Hsu’s lift of 93kg in the snatch earned her the silver but she was forced to retire from the clean and jerk competition.

In the women’s 58kg event, the other Rio Games gold medallist Sukunya Srisurat won the gold after sharing the highest left of 105kg along with Taiwanese Kuo Hsing-Chun. But the Thai’s less body weight of 56.42kg to the Taiwanese’s 57.60kg earned her the top spot on the podium.

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