Incheon, South Korea—For a while, it looked a Kazakh not named Ilya Ilin was going to win the 94-kg class in weightlifting at the Asian Games tonight, but on the last attempt of the class, Liu Hao (China) snatched (cleaned and jerked?) victory from Almas Uteshov (Kazakhstan).




He had been celebrating each lift all night, but when he sank the putt on the final clean and jerk of the 94-kg class Liu Hao could celebrate for real—he’d just won the gold medal. IronMind® | Randall J. Strossen photo


Liu, who was the heavier lifter, edged Uteshov by one kilo: He did 173/221 for a 394-kg total, compared to Uteshov’s 175/218 for a 393-kg total. Lee Changho (South Korea) got the bronze medal via 160/207 for a 367-kg total.

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