Le Van Cong (middle) on the podium receiving the World Gold Medal.
Weightlifter Le Van Cong will participate in the 2023 World Para Weightlifting Championships as the world runner-up. Le Van Cong's biggest rival in this tournament is Omar Qarada (Jordan) - the current world and Paralympic champion in the men's 49kg category.
Le Van Cong and Omar Qarada had a dramatic competition at the 2020 Paralympics when they both achieved 173kg. However, Omar Qarada won the gold medal because his body weight was 100 grams lighter than Van Cong. In this reunion, Omar Qarada soon challenged Le Van Cong when he succeeded in the first push with a result of 171kg. Immediately after that, the 39-year-old Vietnamese athlete excellently lifted the barbell to 172kg.
In the second round, Omar Qarada continued to increase the score to 175kg. Then, Le Van Cong lifted the barbell to 176kg - but the referee did not recognize it because he thought the Vietnamese weightlifter had committed a foul. In the final push, Le Van Cong showed his courage to perform again with the barbell to 176kg and succeeded.
Omar Qarada had to lift 177kg on the final push if he wanted to retain his world title. And the Jordanian could not overcome the pressure when two out of three judges called for errors. In the end, Le Van Cong came from behind to win the world gold medal with a result of 176kg.
This is the second time Le Van Cong has won a world gold medal in his career, after the first time in 2017. In addition, the Vietnamese athlete is holding the world record in the men's 49kg category with a result of 183.5kg.
According to qdnd.vn
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