Thanks to reader Tom who found the the list of the Chinese weightlifting team for London.
Update: Found a fairly recent video from the Chinese training hall (with translation on the right).
Men:
56kg: Wu Jingbiao
62kg: Zhang Jie
69kg: Lin Qingfeng
77kg: Lu Xiaojun, Lu Haojie
85kg: Lu Yong
(So no Tang Deshang in the 69kg, no Su Dajin in the 77kg)
Women:
48kg: Wang Mingjuan
53kg: Zhou Jun
58kg: Li Xueying
+75kg: Zhou Lulu
Update: Put Zhou Jun in the 53kg.
weird female team….why put out 2 58kg? And no Tuan?
Maybe they bump one up to the -63?
am i missing sometjing or wha arent they sending heavier weights than 85kg?
they don’t really have medalists in the +85 classes. lu yong has been their heaviest gold medalist ever
kinda surprised theirs no Long Quinqong. he was so young when he won gold in 2008. maybe that was he peak
Good question… He is just 21 so I don’t think he reached his peak. Maybe he is injured?
he got beat wu jingbao
where’s liao hui? 🙁
Wasn’t he banned for drugs?
Yeah, Wiki says: In November 2011, the International Weightlifting Federation announced Liao has been banned for three years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liao_Hui_(weightlifter)
damn did not know that, i thought he competed at chinese nationals? anyway, sure he’ll be back, he’s still really young
zhou jun will drop down to th 53kg category
Thanks for the info.
Can you give a source?