Taiwan's weightlifters have begun competing at the Paris Olympics. Tokyo Olympic gold medalist weightlifter Kuo Hsing-chun bagged a bronze for the country. TaiwanPlus reports from Paris.
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00:00Taiwan now has six medals at the Paris Olympics.
00:04Weightlifter Guo Xingchun managed to take bronze in the women's 59kg event on Thursday.
00:11She managed to lift 105kg in the snatch.
00:14Then she lifted 130kg in the clean and jerk, giving her a combined score of 235kg lifted.
00:31Guo finished behind China's Luo Shifang and Canada's Maud Charon, who took gold and silver respectively.
00:39During Guo's final lift attempt, she had an opportunity to win the silver medal.
00:43Guo could have lifted 132kg to overtake Canada, but she went all-in and attempted 137kg,
00:50which would have kept her in gold medal contention with China.
00:53Guo is a four-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist.
00:58She won gold at the Tokyo Olympics and Paris may mark her last Olympic Games.
01:03Also in weightlifting, Fang Wanling competed in the 49kg event on Wednesday,
01:32but did not medal.
01:34However, during her competition, she broke Taiwan's national record
01:37for a snatch in her category, lifting 86kg.
01:48With the addition of Thursday's bronze, Taiwan's official medal tally at the Paris Olympics
01:53sits at one gold and five bronze.
01:56Howard Zhang, Leon Lien and Leslie Liao in Paris, France for Taiwan Plus.
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