'Post Jang Mi-ran'Park Hye-jeong (Goyang City Hall) won a silver medal in her first Olympics.
Park Hye-jung picked up 131kg in the women's 81kg or higher weightlifting event at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at the South Paris Arena in Paris, France on the 11th (Korea time), 168kg in Yongsang, and 299kg in total. It was a new Korean record. Park Hye-jeong came in second behind Li Wen-wen of China, who received a total of 309 kilograms. Park Hye-jeong succeeded in winning a silver medal at the first Olympics, as did Jang Mi-ran, a second runner-up at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Zhang won a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Games and then a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Korea's weightlifting team won a valuable silver medal thanks to Park Hye-jeong's good performance in Tokyo. It is the first Olympic medal in eight years after Yoon Jin-hee (53kg) won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Games. Park Hye-jung became the "Korean Olympic Weightlifting Women's Weightlifting Medallist" after Vice Minister Jang, who won gold, silver, and bronze medals one by one.
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Park Hye-jung, who originally wrote 125kg in the first period of the increase, changed it to 123kg, which is lower than that. I succeeded lightly. When Emily Campbell of England lifted 123kg in the second period, Park Hye-jung changed the second period from 124kg to 126kg. When Campbell challenged 126kg in the third period, Park Hye-jung changed it to 127kg, 1kg higher than this, and Campbell held it first. Campbell succeeded. Park Hye-jung then succeeded 127kg neatly.
Park Hye-jung lifted 128kg in the third period and wrote 129kg, up 1kg. It has since been changed one more time. He decided to raise 2kg more and challenge 131kg more. Li Wenwen (China), who applied for 130kg, finally came out. Lee Won-won lifted this weight without difficulty. Lee Won-won changed the second period from 131kg to 136kg. It's Park Hye-jeong's turn. Park Hye-jeong lifted 131kg nicely and roared. It was a personal record and a new Korean record. Lee Won-won finished the increase with a success of 136kg.
The Yongsang match was then held. Park Hye-jung tried 163kg in the first period and succeeded neatly. Park Hye-jung, who totaled 294 kilograms, jumped to the lead at once. In the second period, Park Hye-jung changed from 164kg to 168kg. Lee Won-won, who was lowered from 170kg to 167kg, entered the first period of commercial use. a neat success. Lee Won-won rose to first place as expected with a total of 303 kg. Park Hye-jeong succeeded in the second period as well. It was a personal record. Park Hye-jeong, who weighed 299 kilograms in total, set a new Korean record. The gap with the third-place group was 11 kilograms. He effectively clinched the silver medal. Park Hye-jung tried 173kg in the third period, but unfortunately failed to finish the competition. It was Park Hye-jeong's career-best game.
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Park Hye-jeong achieved her goal in her first Olympics. Park Hye-jeong's goal in this competition was 'Silver Medal'. The female weightlifter's composition is very clear. Lee Won-won leads second-place Park Hye-jeong by 30kg based on the total, and Park Hye-jeong leads the third-place group by about 10kg. Due to the nature of the event, it is difficult to easily turn over no matter how large the difference in condition is on the day. Park Hye-jeong made a specific plan to lift about 290kg without overdoing it. Park Hye-jeong already set the goal of winning a medal in the first Olympics and harvesting a gold medal in the second Olympics when she was in her third year of middle school. It meant that he would follow Vice Minister Jang's path. Park Hye-jeong achieved that goal.
Park Hye-jeong, who was striving for an Olympic medal, suffered pain in April this year. My mother, who had been fighting the disease for six years, has passed away. Her mother, a former track and field discus thrower, was Park Hye-jeong's spiritual support. He received his mother's obituary ahead of his departure for the World Cup in Thailand, where he will participate in the Paris Olympics. Park Hye-jeong was strong. He won a ticket to Paris with a new Korean record of 130 kilograms in snatch, 166 kilograms in Yongsang, and 296 kilograms in total. An official from the Korea Weightlifting Federation said at the time that `Even though I had a very hard time at a young age, I silently prepared for the game and made a good record.' Park Hye-jung participated because it was difficult, but it was such an important competition. My mother would have wanted me to be here as well."
After preparing for the competition without shaking, Park Hye-jeong won a silver medal in her first Olympics and dedicated it to her mother's portrait. Now Park's next goal is the gold medal at the Los Angeles Games four years later.
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