JAKARTA Indonesia's flagship lifter, Rizki Juniansyah, appeared extraordinary in the midst of an injury while competing in the 2025 Weightlifting Asian Championships in Jiangshan, China, Monday 12 May. Down for the first class in the men's 81kg class, Rizki managed to present two silver medals and one bronze for the Red and White.
Rizki recorded a total lift of 358kg, consisting of 161kg on snatch and 197kg on clean and jerk. This result led him to win silver from snatch and total force, as well as bronze from clean and jerk.
However, the struggle did not come without sacrifice. According to the coach of the national weightlifting team, Triyatno, Rizki has suffered injuries to both hands since the first batch was clean and jerk.
From the start of 190kg, Rizki's thumb was already torn off his ship. In the second batch, the ship was torn to the right and left," said Triyatno via text message.
In the snatch session, Rizki performed smoothly by completing the three batches perfectly: 150kg, 156kg, and 161kg. Unfortunately, he lost slightly to the host lifter, Luo Chongyang, who lifted 162kg, while South Korean lifter totaled bronze with 157kg.
The competition got hotter during the clean and jerk session. Rizki lifted 190kg in the first and 197kg trials on the second try, even though he was injured. In the third try, he tried to catch the top position by targeting 202kg, but failed to contain him due to an increasingly severe injury.
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The final results of clean and jerk placectiono as gold winner (200kg), Luo Chongyang with silver (200kg), and Rizki in third place with 197kg.
Debut In New Class
This is Rizki's debut in 81kg class after dropping in the 73kg class and winning three silver medals. The addition of two silver and one bronze made the Indonesian medal in the event a total of three gold, two silver, and two bronze.
Previously, Rahmat Erwin Abdullah won three gold in the 73kg class with a total lift of 360kg (snatch 155kg and clean and jerk 205kg), even breaking his own clean and jerk world record.
Another bronze medal was donated by Juliana Klarisa from the women's 55kg class through an 82kg snatch.
Indonesia still leaves one representative who will compete, namely Indah Afriza in the women's 71kg class on Tuesday, May 13.
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