Taiwan's Kuo Defies Injury To Take Weightlifting Bronze at Asian Games

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Defending Asian Games weightlifting champion Kuo Hsing-chun has bagged bronze in the women's 59-kilogram division in Hangzhou despite carrying an injury.
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00:00 Taiwan's Olympic gold weightlifter Guo Xingchun has won bronze in the women's 59 kilogram
00:05 division at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
00:09 The defending Asian Games champion lifted 101 kilograms in the snatch and 126 kilos
00:15 in the clean and jerk for a combined lift of 227 kilograms.
00:20 It was enough for third place behind Kim Il-kyung of North Korea and Luo Sifang of China.
00:26 Before the games Guo said she was still recovering from an injury.

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