GOLD HOPES DASHED BUT KUO TAKES BRONZE|奧運舉重女子58公斤級 郭婞淳摘銅

This morning in the women's 58 kg class competition, Kuo Hsing-chun won the bronze medal with a 102 kg snatch and a 129 clean and jerk, totaling 231 kg. This is the second medal for Taiwan's Olympic weightlifters in Rio. A very happy news indeed, and hopefully there'll be more down the road. In the 58 kilogram women's weightlifting, Kuo Hsing-chun, went up against the London Olympic Thai silver medalist Pimsiri Sirikaew and her Thai compatriot, Sukanya Srisurat. Of three attempts at the snatch Kuo Hsing-chun only succeeded the first time with 102 kg. On her third snatch, Thailand's Sukanya Srisurat broke the Olympic record with 110 kg, bringing heavy pressure on Kuo. In the clean and jerk portion Kuo first attempted 129 kg, but because the action was incomplete, she failed. The second time she successfully lifted 129 kg. Since she was behind her rivals in the snatch by eight kilograms, Kuo tried to go for gold by lifting 139 kg in the third clean and jerk, but failed. In the last London Olympics, Kuo was ranked eighth. She has been working hard for four years to increase her strength. This year, in the World Championships she lifted a total of 238 kg and won the gold medal, equaling the world record clean and jerk 141 kg. Her coaches had been optimistic for Kuo's chances at the gold but it was not to be. Her final lifts were 102 kg in the snatch, and 129 kg in the clean and jerk, giving a total 231 kg to win the bronze medal. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 台灣舉重女將郭婞淳，今天凌晨在女子58公斤級的比賽中，對戰上一屆倫敦奧運銀牌平思莉，和蘇甘雅，受到這泰國兩位選手雙面夾擊，郭婞淳力拚奪金，三次抓舉只有第一次102公斤成功舉起來，而蘇甘雅在第三次抓舉舉出破奧運紀錄的110公斤，更帶給郭婞淳很大壓力。 在挺舉部分，郭婞淳首次挺舉挑戰129公斤，卻因為動作不夠完整而失敗，第二次終於成功舉起129公斤.由於抓舉落後對手八公斤，郭婞淳為了一舉奪下金牌，第三次挺舉直接挑戰139公斤，可惜失敗，沒有機會大逆轉。 郭婞淳台東的家人,清晨守在電視機前面緊盯直播,為她打氣,郭媽媽心疼地說，可能是腿傷影響成績，不過這次奧運女兒能夠拿到銅牌,已經是個人成績的大躍進. 上屆倫敦奧運排名第八的郭婞淳,四年來實力大增,今年世錦賽她以總和238公斤奪得金牌，挺舉141公斤平世界紀錄.這次奧運,教練團看好郭婞淳奪金，可惜狀態不如預期，最後她以抓舉102公斤、挺舉129公斤、總和231公斤拿下銅牌，這也是台灣舉重選手在里約奧運的第二面獎牌。 記者 綜合報導